Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change - Stuart K. Allison

Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change

Renewing Damaged Ecosystems
Buch | Softcover
258 Seiten
2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-80456-2 (ISBN)
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This volume addresses and challenges issues which question the core values of the science and practice of restoration ecology. It analyzes the paradox arising from the desire to produce ecological restorations that fit within an historical ecological context, produce positive environmental benefits and also result in landscapes with social meaning.
What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state, what is the appropriate outcome? With climate change now threatening greater disruption to the stability of ecosystems, how should restoration ecologists respond?

Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change addresses and challenges some of these issues which question the core values of the science and practice of restoration ecology. It analyzes the paradox arising from the desire to produce ecological restorations that fit within an historical ecological context, produce positive environmental benefits and also result in landscapes with social meaning. Traditionally restorationists often felt that by producing restorations that matched historic ecosystems they were following nature's plans and human agency played only a small part in restoration. But the author shows that in reality the process of restoration has always been defined by human choices. He examines the development of restoration practice, especially in North America, Europe and Australia, in order to describe different models of restoration with respect to balancing ecological benefit and cultural value. He develops ways to balance more actively these differing areas of concern while planning restorations.

The book debates in detail how coming global climate change and the development of novel ecosystems will force us to ask new questions about what we mean by good ecological restoration. When the environment is constantly shifting, restoration to maintain biodiversity, local species, and ecosystem functions becomes even more challenging. It is likely that in the future ecological restoration will become a never-ending, continuously evolving process.

Stuart K. Allison is a Professor of Biology and Director of the Green Oaks Field Research Center at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA

1. You Can’t Not Choose 2. How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Ecological Restoration 3. Restoration is an Active Choice 4. Climate Change – Is Rapid Pace and Magnitude a Bridge Too Far for Ecological Restoration? 5. Novel Ecosystems – A New Wrinkle for Ecological Restoration 6. Geographic Variation in Attitudes to Ecological Restoration and Why it Matters 7. Renewed Restoration: Building a Middle Path Towards a Restored Earth 8. Building the Restored Future: Making the Renewal Happen. Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.5.2014
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 480 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 1-138-80456-8 / 1138804568
ISBN-13 978-1-138-80456-2 / 9781138804562
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