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-[[https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-search-engine/|Ecosia - the search Engine that plants trees]]+[[https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-search-engine/|Ecosia - the search Engine that plants trees]]\\ 
 +The search engine that plants trees :) 
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 +[[https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/tab-for-a-cause|Tab for a Cause: How Does It Work? Is It Legit?]]\\ 
 +Browser Extension for chrome that lets you generate donations for various causes by opening tabs 
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 ===== Critique ===== ===== Critique =====
-While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degraded ecosystem, ecological restoration is not a substitute for conservation, nor should the promise of restoration be used to justify destruction or unsustainable use. In reality, restoration may not succeed in re-establishing the full assemblage of native species or the full extent of the original ecosystem’s structure and function.+"While we can successfully restore biodiversity, structure, and function to a degraded ecosystem, ecological restoration is not a substitute for conservation, nor should the promise of restoration be used to justify destruction or unsustainable use. In reality, restoration may not succeed in re-establishing the full assemblage of native species or the full extent of the original ecosystem’s structure and function." \\
  
  
 +[[https://www.wri.org/insights/people-centered-ecosystem-restoration|6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People]] \\
 +"As big finance announcements make international headlines, activists and researchers are questioning long-held assumptions and shedding light on failed projects that created limited (or zero) benefits for biodiversity and carbon storage. A small number even harmed fragile ecosystems like grasslands through ill-advised tree-planting campaigns. 
  
 +One common theme lies behind most of those failures: Local communities — and the marginalized groups within them — were not leading the projects and received few, if any, of the rewards."
 ===== Further Reading ===== ===== Further Reading =====
 https://ser-rrc.org/what-is-ecological-restoration \\ https://ser-rrc.org/what-is-ecological-restoration \\