RE:storing Ecosystems

Thomas Crowther

Thomas Crowther is professor of ecology in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich where he founded the Crowther Lab. He is also the founder of Restor, an online restoration and conservation platform, and co-chair of the advisory board for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

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Forest Bioeconomy

How indigenous forest management reduces the risk of wildfire and generates new economic opportunities

Agroforestry

How farming forests can restore biodiversity, build climate resilience and create economic opportunities

Xingu Seed Collectors

Supporting indigenous seed-collectors to preserve the Amazon's biodiversity

Garrett Dickman

Collaborating with Indigenous Peoples to forge a wildfire-resilient forest

David Booth

Our oceans are reaching a tipping-point. Increased sea temperatures, ocean acidification, and sea level rises are having a profound effect on marine eco-systems and the planet as a whole. Professor David Booth outlines how climate change is affecting the health of our oceans, and what we can do to prevent an ecological disaster.

David Booth is Professor of Marine Ecology and Director of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.

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Blue Ventures

How the invasive lionfish was converted into a source of food and tourist revenue

Atlantic Mariculture

Promoting healthy soils and marine biodiversity through seaweed farming

Osa Conservation

Restoring carbon-capturing mangroves in Costa Rican wetlands

SEAHIVE

How beehives have inspired new coastal defences in Miami

Nathalie Seddon

Nature-based solutions synergistic projects between humans and nature. These include forest protection, coastal ecosystem restoration, sustainable land management through agroforestry, and urban greening. Effective NbS benefit local communities and honour indigenous knowledge.

Nathalie Seddon is Professor of Biodiversity and Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Protecting biodiversity through resilient, sustainable supply chains

Millennium Seed Bank

An underground collection of over 2 billion seeds which advances our understanding of crop varieties and resilience

Keystone Species

The buffalo's role in the ecosystem and culture of North America's grasslands

Managing Biodiversity

How indigenous people are adapting to the climate crisis

Patrick Holden

Patrick Holden, founder of the Sustainable Food Institute and a dairy farmer in West Wales, shares his vision of how regenerative agriculture could make farming climate positive; reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring depleted land, capturing carbon, improving biodiversity, at the same time as transforming public health.

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