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Planetary Restoration Programs

A restoration portfolio focused on reducing anthropogenic forcing and restoring resilience across carbon, methane, ice, ecosystems, water, and the built environment.

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Source reduction first; restoration as a bounded supplement

GARN does not treat planetary restoration as permission to offset unlimited emissions or ecological damage. Direct source reduction remains the preferred path. Restoration research addresses residual forcing, damaged systems, and resilience gaps where benefits can be measured without exporting greater harm.

Carbon removal pathways — Carbon-removal pathways are compared by permanence, energy, land, water, materials, lifecycle impacts, and verifiability.

Methane suppression network — Methane detection, attribution, prevention, and mitigation are treated as a networked measurement problem.

Cryosphere stabilization — Cryosphere work prioritizes protection of existing ice and reduction of forcing before localized restoration concepts.

Biosphere restoration matrix — Biosphere restoration is ecosystem-specific and tied to biodiversity, hydrology, carbon, disturbance, and community needs.