- 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.
- Urban greenspace has gained considerable attention during the last decades because of its relevance to wildlife conservation, human welfare, and climate change adaptation. Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation worldwide require the formation of new concepts of ecological restoration and rehabilitation aimed at improving ecosystem functions, services, and biodiversity conservation in cities.
Such details provide a deeper understanding and appreciation for Urban Ecosystem Restoration.
Douala in Cameroun is restoring mangroves and setting up of governance structures with the community to ensure their participation in the restoration and preservation of ecosystems. In Senegal, Dakar-Plateau & Thies are creating a greenbelt and blue-green wedges around the metropolitan region, to allow for species movement between protected lands on the city's outskirts. Quezon City in Metro Manila, Philippines, is working with local communities and students to identify urban spaces to transform into restoration areas, and designing of ecological corridors, green spaces and pollinator gardens in the city.
