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Short for Ecosystem Restoration. Covers actions to restore degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems, including key ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, water retention, protection of drinkable water, erosion control, soil protection, carbon sequestration, and climate regulation.

Forest Restoration is used about actions to restore natural forest processes and facilitate the recovery of a natural forest structure and species composition. Forest restoration often aims to recover or protect natural forest ecosystem functions, such as watershed protection, erosion control, biodiversity and stable climatic conditions.