Ecological technical assistance

The restoration economy is the economic activity associated with ecological restoration activities. It stands in contrast to economic activity premised on the extraction or depletion of natural resources and implies that activities meant to repair past ecological damage may be economically beneficial at local, regional, and national scales. The “restoration economy” refers to the employment, capital, resources, and economic activity that emerge from investments in ecological restoration, or “the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Restoration projects can include habitat enhancement, water quality improvement, invasive species removal, forest thinning for canopy diversification, or any other activity that aims to improve the natural function of an ecosystem.