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UN: Restoring damaged ecosystems makes economic sense
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 03 - 06 - 2010


Restoring damaged or destroyed ecosystems could
create jobs and bring huge investment returns, dpa cited a report by the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as saying today.
Released ahead of World Environment Day, the report - entitled
"Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration
for Sustainable Development" - urges governments and communities to
re-think the idea that money invested in the environment is wasted.
"Mismanagement of natural and nature-based assets is under-cutting
development on a scale that dwarfs the recent economic crisis," Achim
Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director said.
"Well-planned investments ... in the restoration of these vast,
natural and nature-based utilities not only has a high rate of
return, but will be central ... to sustainability in a world of
rising aspirations, populations, incomes and demands on the Earth's
natural resources."
Ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and mangroves deliver
services - such as waste treatment, coastal protection, pest control
and hydropower - worth between 21 and 72 trillion dollars each year,
the UNEP report said.
The projected loss of ecosystem services could cut world food
production by 25 per cent by 2050, according to the report.
While the report said that conserving existing ecosystems was
cheaper than restoring degraded ones, it pointed out that financial
gains could be made from bringing back nature-based services.
"Restoration pays off: Wetlands and forests can be up to 22 times
more effective than investing in water treatment plants," said
Christian Nellemann of UNEP's GRID-Arendal in Norway.
The report studied over 30 initiatives, from projects restoring
rivers and lakes to those improving soil fertility.
One highlighted project - the restoration of grasslands around
river systems in South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains - is projected
to bring back winter river flows of almost 4 million cubic metres.
The project costs 4.5 million dollars over six seven years, with
annual management costs of over a million dollars, and could generate
up to 7.4 million dollars annually while creating 300 permanent jobs,
the report said.


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