SDG 1511 pp
The Restoration Economy
SDG 15 — Life on Land
Ecosystems collapse because their services are free; price biodiversity, water and carbon into land yields and the chainsaw loses the spreadsheet.
Key Findings
What the document proves
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Nine ventures restoring 350M ha, protecting 30% of land, and making standing ecosystems out-earn cleared ones across the tropics
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Restoration franchise economics: smallholders net $120–400/ha/year (yield plus credits) versus $40–90 from degraded pasture
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Biodiversity credits with eDNA-satellite verification trade at $8–35/unit with corporate nature-positive demand exceeding early supply 6:1
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Deforestation watch-and-boycott rails cut monitored-supply-chain clearing 70–90% within two seasons
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A 1,650-day roadmap synchronized with SDG 2, 12, 13 rails — same nodes, same proof layer, same exchanges
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