Ecological restoration of permanent preservation areas through seedling nuclei, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil / Sebastião Venâncio Martins, Camila Bauchspiess and Elias Frank de Araújo, Forest Restoration Laboratory, Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, (and others) -- Restoration of tree and shrub diversity post bauxite mining, in the Southeastern region of Minas Gerais, Brazil / Sebastião Venâncio Martins, Luiz H. Elias Cosimo, Diego Balestrin, Wesley da Silva Fonseca, Aldo Teixeira Lopes, Christian Fonseca de Andrade and Rodrigo da Silva Barros, Forest Restoration Laboratory, Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, (and others) -- Amazon forest succession after indigenous shifting cultivation : relevance for local-scale passive restoration / Pedro Manuel Villa, Sebastião Venâncio Martins, Alice Cristina Rodrigues and Silvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Forest Restoration Laboratory, Department of Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, (and others).
Ecological restoration, although a relatively new endeavour compared to other disciplines, has gained significant momentum during the last decade as accelerating global change becomes more apparent. It is now widely accepted by the scientific community that to avoid further devastating effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, humanity must determinedly move more to protect and restore natural ecosystems. Many restoration efforts of the past have been ad hoc, site and situation-specific and have often failed to achieve desired outcomes, but over the last decade, many countries are allocating increasingly significant amounts of financial investment towards restoration with the goal of achieving more systematic and predictable outcomes. Today, activities related to restoring ecosystems, natural assets and biodiversity are a global focus. This book covers a wide range of topics related to ecological restoration including for grasslands, wetlands, temperate and tropical forests and arid zones. Importantly, it also focuses on ecological restoration in human-disturbed landscapes such as for urban areas, farmlands, mine sites and transport corridors. It highlights the necessity for evidence-based approaches that are both nuanced and complementary with prescriptions for people-based restoration, that is socially inclusive and cognisant of historic and current community sentiment. Ambitious landscape and continental scale targets for ecological restoration have been set across the globe. However, without practical guidelines developed from restoration evaluations from the recent past to follow, future efforts are unlikely to be successful, nor -expected targets met. To that end, this book reviews and highlights a large number and variety of restoration stories from around the world. Most are presented as reader-friendly case studies, that feature innovative and systematic techniques for undertaking species-rich ecological restoration. Together they provide inspiration for current and future professionals and offer unique glimpses into state-of-the-art practice for this critically important discipline.
Considering the future: anticipating the need for ecological restoration / Young Choi -- The principles of restoration ecology at population scales / Stephen D. Murphy, Michael McTavish, and Heather Cray -- Landscape-scale restoration ecology / Michael Perring -- Understanding social processes in planning ecological restorations / Stephen R. Edwards, Brock Blevins, Darwin Horning, and Andrew Spaeth -- The role of history in restoration ecology / Eric Higgs and Stephen Jackson -- Social engagement in ecological restoration / Susan Baker -- Restoration and ecosystem management in the boreal forest : from ecological principles to tactical solutions / Timo Kuuluvainen -- Restoration of temperate broadleaf forests / John Stanturf -- Temperate grasslands / Karel Prach, Peter Torok, and Jonathan Bakker -- Restoration of temperate savannas and woodlands / Brice Hanberry, John M. Kabrick, Peter W. Dunwiddie, Tibor Hartel, Theresa B. Jain, and Benjamin O. Knapp -- Restoring desert ecosystems / Scott Abella -- Ecological restoration in mediterranean-type shrublands and woodlands / Ladislav Mucina, Marcela A. Bustamante-Sánchez, Beatriz Duguy Pedra, Patricia Holmes, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Juan J. Armesto, Mark Dobrowolski, Mirijam Gaertner, Cecilia Smith-Ramírez, and Alberto Vilagrosa -- Alpine habitat conservation and restoration in tropical and sub-tropical high mountains / Alton Byers -- Restoration of rivers and streams / Benjamin Smith and Michael A. Chadwick -- Lake restoration / Erik Jeppesen, Martin Søndergaard, and Zhengwen Liu -- Restoration of freshwater wetlands / Paul Keddy -- Saltmarshes / David Burdick and Susan Adamowicz -- Oyster-generated marine habitats : their services, enhancement, restoration, and monitoring / Loren Coen and Austin Humphries -- Ecological rehabilitation in mangrove systems : the evolution of the practice and the need for strategic reform of policy and planning / Ben Brown -- Tropical savanna restoration / Jillianne Segura, Sean Bellairs, and Lindsey Hutley -- Restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands / Gerhard Overbeck and Sandra Cristina Muller -- Tropical forest restoration / David Lamb -- The restoration of coral reefs / Boze Hancock, Kemit Amon Lewis, and Eric Conklin -- Ecological restoration in an urban context / Jessica Hardesty Norris, Keith Bowers, and Stephen D. Murphy -- International law and policy on restoration / An Cliquet -- Governance and restoration / Stephanie Mansourian -- Restoration, volunteers, and the human community / Stephen Packard -- Building social capacity for restoration success / Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf, Alexander L. Metcalf, and Jakki J. Mohr -- Ecological restoration : a growing part of the green economy / Keith Bowers and Jessica Hardesty Norris -- Restoration and market-based instruments / Alex Baumber -- Profit motives and ecological restoration: opportunities in bioenergy and conservation biomass / Carol Williams -- Ecological restoration and environmental change / Stuart K. Allison -- Invasive species and ecological restoration / Joan Dudney, Lauren Hallett, Erica Spotswood, and Katharine Suding -- Restoration and resilience / Libby Trevenen, Rachel Standish, Charles Price, and Richard Hobbs -- Ecological restoration and ecosystem services / Robin Chazdon and Jose Rey-Benayas -- The economics of restoration and the restoration of economics / James Blignaut -- Better together : the importance of collaboration between researchers and practitioners / Robert Cabin -- Less than 140 characters : restorationists use of social media / Liam Heneghan and Oisin Heneghan
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) frames restoration as a momentous nature-based solution for achieving many of the ecological, economic, and social objectives outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, a critical void lies at the heart of this agenda: the lack of attention to social and political dimensions of nature and restoration initiatives. At this critical juncture, urgent attention is needed to the power and politics that shape the values, meanings, and science driving restoration; and to the uneven experiences of these processes as national restoration pledges touch down in diverse and unequal contexts. In this introduction to the special issue on "Restoration for Whom, by Whom?", we critically examine the social inclusivity of restoration agendas, policies, and practices as these unfold across ecological and geographic scales. We argue that feminist political ecology (FPE), with its focus on gendered power relations, scale integration, and historical awareness, and its critique of the commodification of nature, offers a valuable lens through which to examine the socio-political and economic dynamics of restoration. Taking an FPE perspective, we elucidate how the ten papers comprising the special issue challenge mainstream narratives of environmental sustainability and suggest more grounded and nuanced ways forward for inclusive restoration initiatives. In conclusion, we highlight the urgency of addressing the systemic fault lines that create exclusions in restoration policies and practice; and the need to legitimize the plural voices, values, situated knowledges, and paths to sustainably transform degraded landscapes.
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) frames restoration as a momentous nature-based solution for achieving many of the ecological, economic, and social objectives outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, a critical void lies at the heart of this agenda: the lack of attention to social and political dimensions of nature and restoration initiatives. At this critical juncture, urgent attention is needed to the power and politics that shape the values, meanings, and science driving restoration; and to the uneven experiences of these processes as national restoration pledges touch down in diverse and unequal contexts. In this introduction to the special issue on "Restoration for Whom, by Whom?", we critically examine the social inclusivity of restoration agendas, policies, and practices as these unfold across ecological and geographic scales. We argue that feminist political ecology (FPE), with its focus on gendered power relations, scale integration, and historical awareness, and its critique of the commodification of nature, offers a valuable lens through which to examine the socio-political and economic dynamics of restoration. Taking an FPE perspective, we elucidate how the ten papers comprising the special issue challenge mainstream narratives of environmental sustainability and suggest more grounded and nuanced ways forward for inclusive restoration initiatives. In conclusion, we highlight the urgency of addressing the systemic fault lines that create exclusions in restoration policies and practice; and the need to legitimize the plural voices, values, situated knowledges, and paths to sustainably transform degraded landscapes. ; PR ; IFPRI3; CRP2; CRP5; CRP6; ISI; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance; G Cross-cutting gender theme ; EPTD; PIM ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM); CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); CGIAR Research Program on Forest, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
