Over the past 15 years, this community on the Algarve has been working to restore the natural water cycle and soil fertility in an area that has been historically degraded. They’ve evolved into a “constellation network” – actively supporting neighbouring restoration initiatives through resource sharing, knowledge transfer, and collaborative problem-solving and thereby catalysing restoration throughout their region. To date almost 700 students have completed permaculture training or participated in an ecosystem restoration camp at Quinta Vale da Lama.

Contour Lines Corp is working to restore and rehabilitate 1,000kms of land that was once tropical rainforest throughout the Greater Livingston Area on Guatemala’s Caribbean Coast. Since the initiative began, 2.2 million new fruit, legume, and hardwood trees have been planted, along 1,918km of contour lines. Planting has taken place at over 13,000 sites, effectively transitioning 3,848 hectares of degraded land to regenerative land use. So far, Contour Lines Corp has trained a growing network of more than 25,000 farmers across 374 communities.

In 2023 Bohol Island Province in the Philippines was officially declared the first regenerative island in the country, after a new policy was set in motion - inspired by ERC The Regenesis Project in cooperation with regional authorities. This groundbreaking development means the island now has a comprehensive and holistic framework and a 10-year roadmap which includes watershed restoration, water and food security, broad-scale ecosystem restoration, regenerative tourism, education, youth, civil society, and investment structures in place. And all this came about because a small community decided to take action and start rehabilitating their local, degraded land. 

Once, Mombasa's Tudor Creek inlet was adorned with a lush thicket of mangrove trees. Sadly, a significant portion of these mangroves succumbed to relentless demand for firewood and charcoal driven by rapid population growth. But thanks to the dedication of one local man, Mbaraak Abdalla, there is now a beacon of hope. Together with a united community of volunteers and other partners, he has planted 4 million mangrove saplings across 120 hectares of muddy flats. These mangroves have created new habitat for local species including fiddler crabs, water salamanders and a wide variety of birds. Beyond restoring biodiversity and buffering the coastline against climate change, this massive mangrove effort is also revitalising livelihoods, with local fishermen returning to Tudor Creek.