I agree totally with your shared text, but as to my understanding the whole diagram needs to be put from the "head to the feet" or bottom up. As soil quality, the forests and wetlands are basically the "fundamental regenerators" for the water to cycle locally/regionally in an enhanced way. Here, the "rewilding approach" comes into play, in contrast to human engineering (i.e. water holdback lakes, canals or cisterns). Aside of the ecological argument, it is paramount to keep water a common resource (not like the water markets in Australia) - socially just and distributed as well as economically non-owned or -dominated.
So a second edit could be thought about, indicating the form of land use (here: agricultural use). As the mono-culture heavy-machinery and pesticide-rich industrialized way of ordering the land is (1) a core contributor to water shortage and CO2 emissions, (2) destructive for any soil and biodiversity on earth, and (3) put in place to grow goods for export. Here, as scientifically evident small-scale, lush and diverse organic farming methods are recommendable. Whereas, certain areas and land have to be "rewilded" and left untouched on the long-term.
One interesting example therefore, (and I recommend the whole inspiring lecture - if not read yet), is the planting of a regenerative forest in the highlands of columbia for enabling a village to be built under the lead of Paolo Lugari: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/gaviotas/
That's my personal opinion (to flip the focus of the diagram) and I hope this inspired your creativity and thought process ;)
Wish you all the best & thanks for your effort to communicate these issues understandably,
It's a bit abstract to me but I get the point you're trying to make. The diagram seems like a worksheet for a more local examples (and proposals) to be placed over.
Dear Alpha Lo,
I agree totally with your shared text, but as to my understanding the whole diagram needs to be put from the "head to the feet" or bottom up. As soil quality, the forests and wetlands are basically the "fundamental regenerators" for the water to cycle locally/regionally in an enhanced way. Here, the "rewilding approach" comes into play, in contrast to human engineering (i.e. water holdback lakes, canals or cisterns). Aside of the ecological argument, it is paramount to keep water a common resource (not like the water markets in Australia) - socially just and distributed as well as economically non-owned or -dominated.
So a second edit could be thought about, indicating the form of land use (here: agricultural use). As the mono-culture heavy-machinery and pesticide-rich industrialized way of ordering the land is (1) a core contributor to water shortage and CO2 emissions, (2) destructive for any soil and biodiversity on earth, and (3) put in place to grow goods for export. Here, as scientifically evident small-scale, lush and diverse organic farming methods are recommendable. Whereas, certain areas and land have to be "rewilded" and left untouched on the long-term.
One interesting example therefore, (and I recommend the whole inspiring lecture - if not read yet), is the planting of a regenerative forest in the highlands of columbia for enabling a village to be built under the lead of Paolo Lugari: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/gaviotas/
That's my personal opinion (to flip the focus of the diagram) and I hope this inspired your creativity and thought process ;)
Wish you all the best & thanks for your effort to communicate these issues understandably,
Stefan
It's a bit abstract to me but I get the point you're trying to make. The diagram seems like a worksheet for a more local examples (and proposals) to be placed over.