Approaches to Restoration
In ecological restoration project work, we assist the recovery of impaired ecosystems (SER 2004). In chapter 4 we raised the question concerning how much assistance we should apply to recover an impaired ecosystem. This chapter explores that question at s
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already early signs of that happening. For example, in mid-2004, the journal Science commissioned and published an entire special section of articles devoted to restoration ecology. A quarter century earlier, in the centennial issue of Science, published on July 4th, 1980, no articles were included on conservation, ecology, or restoration. This is a remarkable indication of the important steps toward mainstreaming ecological restoration and its sister disciplines. In spite of these advances, interest lags far behind in regard to issues pertaining to the concomitant socioeconomic and cultural aspects of ecological restoration. Only ~ 3 percent of all reports on ecological restoration projects published in thirteen peer-reviewed journals between January 2000 and October 2008 addressed the socioeconomic benefits—or lack thereof—of the projects (Aronson, Blignaut, Milton et al. 2010). Science-based restoration is still very new and is only just beginning to realize the great promise it has to advance the practice of ecological restoration. There has been a recent explosion in university courses pertaining to ecological restoration and particularly restoration ecology. Some academic institutions offer certificates and degrees in ecological restoration. Much of this activity has been stimulated by government agencies, NGOs, consulting firms, and even private corporations that are employing practitioners. These trends are highly encouraging.
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