Guidelines for urban ecosystem restoration
• Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services & Restoration
This is a general guide to ecosystem restoration in urban areas, and includes: i) a definition and examples of urban ecosystem restoration, ii) information about the types of restoration approaches used; iii) lessons learned and best practices from across the world, along with useful resources for cities; iv) how to leverage financial resources for your city; and v) how your city can get involved in the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and other initiatives.
Our ecosystem guide offers case studies and resources that are useful to urban ecosystem restoration. We’ve presented these best practices in an accessible format that is easy to use and understand, to enable cities to apply these practices to ensure that they safeguard and protect their critical local ecosystems through ecosystem restoration.
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Languages: English
The UrbanByNature programme is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreements No. 730222 and No. 776604. It has received funding for an update by the Horizon Europe Programme under the Grant Agreement No 101003818. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies within UrbanByNature and in no way reflects the views of the European Union.