Investment in Land Restoration: New Perspectives with Special Reference to Australia

Environmental services of biodiversity, clean water, etc., have been considered byproducts farming and grazing, but population pressures a move from rural to peri-urban areas are changing land use practices, reducing these increasing degradation. A range ecosystem markets reversing this damage, not widely institutionalized, so managers do see them as “real” in the way they for traditional food fiber products. There difficulties defining monitoring non-food/fiber can be reliably marketed, those that operate usually piecemeal single product interest simplicity buyer, seldom adequately regulate or compensate non-market benefits. New profitable uses degraded water regenerating emerging, require technology transfer supply chain development facilitate adoption. is need transformational change used promote broader approach, environmental become mainstream activity managers. far-sighted Philanthropist required support an International institution take up challenge institutionalizing such ‘brokerage’ system globally.