Making the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a Social-Ecological Endeavour
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In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2749, 01.01.2021, p. 20-28.
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T1 - Making the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration a Social-Ecological Endeavour
AU - Fischer, Jörn
AU - Riechers, Maraja
AU - Loos, Jacqueline
AU - Martín-López, Berta
AU - Temperton, Victoria Martine
N1 - Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research and summarize key themes that could help to improve ecosystem restoration in dynamic social contexts. The themes relate to resilience and adaptability, ecosystem stewardship and navigation of change, relational values, the coevolution of human and ecological systems, long-range social-ecological connections, and leverage points for transformation. We recommend two cross-cutting new research foci; namely: (i) post hoc cross-sectional assessments of social-ecological restoration projects; and (ii) transdisciplinary social-ecological ‘living labs’ that accompany new restoration projects as they unfold. With global agendas increasingly taking a social-ecological perspective, the recasting of ecosystem restoration as a social-ecological endeavor offers exciting new opportunities for both research and practice.
AB - The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research and summarize key themes that could help to improve ecosystem restoration in dynamic social contexts. The themes relate to resilience and adaptability, ecosystem stewardship and navigation of change, relational values, the coevolution of human and ecological systems, long-range social-ecological connections, and leverage points for transformation. We recommend two cross-cutting new research foci; namely: (i) post hoc cross-sectional assessments of social-ecological restoration projects; and (ii) transdisciplinary social-ecological ‘living labs’ that accompany new restoration projects as they unfold. With global agendas increasingly taking a social-ecological perspective, the recasting of ecosystem restoration as a social-ecological endeavor offers exciting new opportunities for both research and practice.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - restoration
KW - resilience
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - sustainability
KW - transdisciplinarity
KW - restoration
KW - resilience
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - sustainability
KW - Transdisciplinarity
KW - Environmental planning
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3d1ccc3a-8709-388f-9108-72cf6b6e5ea8/
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.018
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.018
M3 - Scientific review articles
C2 - 32958364
AN - SCOPUS:85091231564
VL - 36
SP - 20
EP - 28
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
SN - 0169-5347
IS - 1
M1 - 2749
ER -