Carnivores make it rain.
Feed the carnivores prey. Feed the prey plants. Plant the plants. Use the rain and moisture the carnivores create to water the plants, and provide water for the animals.
Make the carnivores walk to get to their food. Make the prey move around as the carnivores chase them, so that they urinate and defecate all over the place, making better soil for the plants.
Use straw checker boarding in the desert to prevent sand and topsoil from blowing in the wind. Use permanent agriculture, or permaculture to create better ecosystems. Permaculture is also a low maintenance form of agriculture, so it is good anywhere, no matter how few people maintain it.
Example: mice (small rodents, prey) and domestic house cats (small cats, carnivores). Put the mice outside, let them eat and reproduce, then put the domestic house cats out, and both the mice and domestic house cats should increase in number until they reach equilibrium. The predatory animals will make it rain, giving water to the ecosystem, possibly allowing more plants to grow, giving back to the ecosystem and making it grow in biomass and area. Other plants and animals might then be introduced, as the ecosystem changes the climate of the local area to a more productive climate, more suitable to different plants and animals.
Ask the biology department, if you need more information about these topics.
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