Land restoration
Land restoration or rehabilitation is the process of ecological restoration of a site to a natural landscape and habitat, safe for humans, wildlife, and plant communities
Advantages / Benefits
Maintain biodiversity
Increases soil productivity
Creates jobs
Food supplies are enhanced
Disadvantages
Some ecosystems require long time to restore
Small fraction of land continue to be degraded in restored ecosystems
Hard for the community to commit to land restoration
Information sources
Evidence of success
Excellent Development and its partner in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), work closely with community self-help groups over a number of years to build sand dams and other rainwater harvesting systems (https://www.excellentdevelopment.com/news/how-sand-dams-are-changing-the-quality-of-life-in-rural-drylands)
Feasibility
In areas with degraded land