land restoration
Healing damaged ecosystems
Land restoration is the process of returning degraded, damaged, or destroyed land to a healthier ecological state.
This includes reforestation, soil rehabilitation, wetland recovery, and reversing desertification.
The goal is typically to restore natural functions—water filtration, carbon storage, biodiversity—rather than return land to some pristine original condition: The foundation has funded land restoration projects across three continents.
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- tree plantingInstalling saplings in earth
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- erosion controlPreventing soil loss
strip cropping · soil amendment · carbon sequestration · composting · barren · dust bowl · ground cover · rewilding · back to nature · crop rotation · healing · water table · remediation · dam removal · organic farming · erosion · native · seedlings
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- land conservationsoil conservation, conservation areas, protected areas, protected lands, wilderness areas
- soil conservationerosion control, cover crops, terracing, strip cropping, conservation tillage
- rangelandsgrazing, paddock, native vegetation, grassland, rest period
- green practicesrecycling, recycled paper, reusable bags, solar panels, solar power
land restorationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
desertification · soil erosion · habitat destruction · ecosystem collapse · environmental degradation
land restorationdevelopment
Progress toward maturity
resource extraction · urban sprawl · industrialization · mining · intensive agriculture