Publications

El Marco de los 4 Retornos para la restauración de paisajes es una herramienta práctica y probada de cambio sistémico que permite a las partes interesadas aplicat un enfoque paisajístico. Este marco aspira a equilibrar el conjunto de demandas enfrentadas de las distintas partes interesadas mediante el uso de un mosaico de enfoques de gestion […]

Four Returns, Three Zones, 20 Years: a systemic and practical approach to scale up landscape restoration by businesses and investors to create a restoration industry. In: Chabay, I., Frick, C.M. and J.F. Helgeson (Eds.): Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future. 560 p. Elseviers Science.

To restore and regenerate ecosystems for the sake of future generations, we need to redesign our current economic model. This requires a long-term focus and a new perspective on value, called integrated value, including social and natural value besides financial.For this purpose, we have co-developed a method capable of calculating the integrated long-term value of large-scale landscape interventions: the 4 Returns landscape valuation method.

Commonland partners with foundations, investors and philanthropists to support local Indian organisations with holistic landscape regeneration that benefits nature and communities.

Esta publicación es el resultado de una colaboración entre Commonland, el WWF Landscape Finance Lab y Wetlands International, con el apoyo de la Comisión de Gestión de Ecosistemas de la IUCN. La publicación se lanzó durante el El Decenio de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Restauración de los Ecosistemas.

This publication is the result of a close collaboration between Commonland, the WWF Landscape Finance Lab and Wetlands International, with support from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. The publication was launched during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

This study by OroVerde – Tropical Forest Foundation and the Global Nature Fund (GNF) of November 2019 gives an overview of existing Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Initiatives, their goals and the stakeholders involved. Recommendations were developed based on four case studies, of which one is our partner Living Land’s work in the Baviaanskloof, South Africa. Find […]

This Think Piece by the International Resource Panel (IRP) provides science-based reflections highlighting the strategic importance of land restoration efforts for the achievement of every single SDG.

That the world’s landscapes are degrading at an unprecedented pace is beyond question. But the newest report from Commonland unveils a first preliminary method that makes it possible to calculate the monetary value of financial, natural, social and inspirational returns of landscape regeneration.

An assessment of the status and trends with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem services, the impact of biodiversity and ecosystem services on human well-being and the effectiveness of responses. All chapters can be found here.

Summary Report of the EAT-Lancet Commission. “Transformation to healthy diets by 2050 will require substantial dietary shifts. A diet rich in plant-based foods and with fewer animal source foods confers both improved health and environmental benefits.” Read the report here.