Restoring ecosystems to boost biodiversity is urgent

The newly launched Eco-index initiative, an online ecosystem restoration map for New Zealand, can guide the way.

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Biodiversity continues to decline globally, but nowhere is the loss more pronounced than in Aotearoa New Zealand, which has the highest proportion of threatened indigenous species in the world.

Large-scale biodiversity restoration projects require high-quality data because without accurate information, improving biodiversity becomes harder. The Eco-index Ecosystem Restoration Map provides New Zealand's first public, open-access digital tool in this area.

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