Thomas Goreau - Eco-restoration Success Stories

LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS AND SOILS NEEDED TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GROW BACK

THEIR FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS AND ENRICH THEIR OWN SOIL

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM

LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL

RESTORATION IS THE BEST WAY TO

STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS

FLORESTA DA TIJUCARIO DE JANEIRO

ONE MAN PLANTS A FOREST

BEFORE AND AFTERGREENING THE DESERT

JORDAN, GEOFF LAWTON

http://permaculturenews.org/2013/11/19/rough-ready-real-

november-2013-update-dead-sea-valley-permaculture-project-aka-

greening-desert-sequel-site/

November 2013

ERITREA MANGROVESMANZANAR PROJECT

Gordon Sato

SOLAR & WIND POWERED BIOROCK CORAL RESTORATION PROJECT

PLANTED MANGROVE FOREST RESTOREDFISHERIES OF MOLACABOC ISLAND, SAGAY,

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PHILIPPINESAlfredo Marañon

CARBON, WATER,TEMPERATURE

• HIGH SOIL CARBON CAUSES HIGH WATER RETENTION, MORE FERTILE SOILS

• THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MANAGE SOILS TO INCREASE SOIL CARBON

• SOIL CARBON COMES IN MANY FORMS, RANGES THA LAST FROM VERY SHORT TO VERY LONG TIMES

• BLACK SOIL CARBON LASTS LONGEST

WHOLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

• PREVENT SOIL EROSION• RECYCLE NUTRIENTS ON LAND• KEEP THEM OUT OF RIVERS,

LAKES, AND THE OCEAN WHERE THEY CAUSE HARMFULLY ALGAE BLOOM AND KILL CORAL REEFS AND FISHERIES

BALISUBAK

VETIVER GRASS, THE WORLD’S BEST EROSION CONTROL PLANT

ROOTS GROW STRAIGHT DOWNNEVER BECOMES A WEED

COMPLETELYSTOPS EROSION.BEST ROOFINGTHATCHBECAUSE OF NATURAL INSECTICIDE,SEWAGE TREATMENT,NUTRIENT TRAPPING,CARBON SINK,RENEWABLEBIOMASSPRODUCTION

RESTORE WETLANDS

• SWAMPS, BOGS, MARSHES, SALT MARSHES, SEAGRASSES, & MANGROVES ARE MAJOR CARBON SINKS, BUILDING SOILS THAT CAN BE NEARLY PURE ORGANIC CARBON.

• WE ARE NOW RAPIDLY DESTROYING THEM BY DRAINING, ADDING THE CARBON TO THE ATMOSPHERE

• WE MUST REVERSE THIS COURSE

BEAVERS CONTROLLED NORTH AMERICAN HYDROLOGY UNTIL HUNTERS DROVE THEM TO EXTINCTION, GREATLY INCREASING SOIL

EROSION & NUTRIENT LOSS

PETER GOREAU