Dr Alan Haney and I have completed 2 volumes of a three volumes book series ("Restoring ecological health to your land" and "The Restoring Ecological Health to your Land workbook" with Island press) and it was our intention to do a third volume focused on providing review, analysis, and perhaps bringing teams of experienced scientists/practioners to the most important restoration projects needs. We intended to find the struggling projects that could benefit from technical and on-the-ground assistance, and find the best examples of success (using the definitions in the above books). We seek projects that will also put people back to work (create employment) with satisifying/rewarding work, contribute to rebuilding human community durbility/resilience, and create durable links between people and place. Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks so very much for you considerations.
Any project attempting to restore endangered populations of endemic plant and animal species. For example, Kakapo and Hector's Dolphins in New Zealand :-)
Northern Aral Sea restoration project is one of the world’s most successful ecosystem restoration example.
In 2003, the Kazakhstani government, along with the World Bank, began work on the joint €62 million Northern Aral Sea restoration project. The hallmark of the project was the Kok-Aral dam, which was completed in 2005. The dam allows water to accumulate in the northern half of the Aral Sea in an attempt to increase agriculture and fish production in the area. So far, the results have been encouraging. A small fraction of the fishing industry has been revived and water is even starting to creep back towards the old harbour of Aralsk.
See further details on following and many other links:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278655003_Efforts_to_Revive_the_Aral_Sea
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02356-9_15
Chapter Efforts to Revive the Aral Sea
Restoration of Iraqi southern marshes is one of the important and promising projects in the middle east region. It have many implication on environment, agriculture and native societies in this area. Many international organizations have participated with various projects and many publications have been issued during the last decade about this subject.
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SM Najim
The marches in Iraq, the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and similar areas in the wider region have been drying up as the fresh water inflow was/is deviated for irrigated cropping by national government. Restoration mains reversion of water resources. The ultimate issue are the water rights.
A large restoration project with associated social goals (poverty reduction) is the ongoing Working for Water Program in South Africa (Attached). Further, the conservancy 'program' in Namibia may be considered as it entails the restoration of rights to wildlife (Attached).
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Restoration peat using 3Rs concept (Rewetting, Revetation, and Revitalization) is our main concern.
I will list a "project" that is nearly totally inadvertent: the reforestation of the northeastern part of the US.
great insights to projects we should learn more about and follow. Thank you for these suggestions.
steve Apfelbaum
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