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Catchment-to-lagoon restoration

Integrated restoration and pollution reduction across a lagoon and its surrounding catchment.

How the method works

Combine wetland creation, sustainable agriculture, polluted-site cleanup, green infrastructure, biodiversity work and public participation.

What the sources establish

• UN sources describe the Mar Menor programme as combining wetland creation, sustainable agriculture, polluted-site cleanup, green infrastructure, biodiversity measures and public participation.

  UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Restoration Hub — Ecosystems Restoration in Mar Menor · source_reported

Issues connected to this method

• Nutrient overloading

Projects using this method

• Ecosystems Restoration in Mar Menor

Where it may apply

• Degraded coastal lagoons with land-based pollution pressures

Limitations and risks

• Ecological recovery depends on reducing ongoing nutrient and contaminant loads as well as restoration delivery.

Sources

• hub.decadeonrestoration.org

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