The 4 Returns Framework for Landscape Restoration (English & Arabic)

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.

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The 4 Returns Framework for Landscape Restoration

The 4 Returns Framework for landscape restoration described in this report is a practical tested system- change framework that can be used by stakeholders to undertake a landscape approach. The framework seeks to balance competing stakeholder demands in a mosaic of different management approaches and business cases, to supply a full range of inspirational, natural, social and economic returns. It is a valuable tool to achieve the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to restore the ecosystems of our planet, and heal our relationship with nature.

In the publication, cases are described from India, Fiji and Spain to demonstrate these principles in practice. ‘Use cases’ explain what this means for governments, communities, and the business and finance sectors.

  • Download the publication after filling the form below. Find the Arabic version at the bottom of this page.
  • If you missed the webinar, you can listen to the audio/video-recordings here.
  • Find a clear explanation of the 4 Returns Framework by Commonland Founder Willem Ferwerda here.
 

This publication was funded by Commonland through support of the COmON Foundation.
Dudley, N., Baker, C., Chatterton, P., Ferwerda, W.H., Gutierrez, V., Madgwick, J., 2021, The 4 Returns Framework for Landscape Restoration.

 

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Restoring ecosystems is one of the great works of our time and a rewarding vocation for our youth. Restoring and protecting the ecological foundation of our planet is not only the best thing we can do from a scientific and economic viewpoint, it becomes increasingly its own reward as we recognise that healing the planet is also about healing ourselves.

Tim Christophersen: Coordinator for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, United Nations