Ninety‐six million hectares of degraded land, unprecedented loss of biodiversity, and extreme climatic events are the key ecological challenges for India. Offering livelihood opportunities to millions of workers who migrated to their villages and recovery from economic crisis due to covid‐19 pandemic have emerged as the biggest socio‐economic challenges for the country. A framework of different policies and strategies are in place to overcome these ecological and socio‐economic challenges. But they are loosely interconnected with independent aims and involvement of different governments' institutions and departments. This article, therefore, here briefs challenges and shows how aiming at ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation through these policies can provide a cost‐effective, efficient, and sustainable way for India to overcome its ecological and socio‐economic challenges.

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生态系统恢复：印度面临的挑战和机遇

9600万公顷的退化土地，前所未有的生物多样性丧失和极端气候事件是印度面临的主要生态挑战。为该国数以千计的工人提供生计机会，以及由于covid‐19大流行而从经济危机中恢复过来已成为该国最大的社会经济挑战。为了克服这些生态和社会经济挑战，已经建立了不同政策和战略的框架。但是它们与独立目标以及不同政府机构和部门的参与松散地联系在一起。因此，本文在此简要介绍了挑战，并说明了通过这些政策针对生态系统恢复和生物多样性保护的目标如何能够提供具有成本效益，高效，