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Restoration and repair of Earth’s damaged ecosystems

Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2018-02, Vol.285 (1873), p.1-8 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2018 The Author(s) ;2018 The Authors. ;2018 The Author(s). ;Copyright The Royal Society Publishing Feb 28, 2018 ;Attribution ;2018 The Authors. 2018 ;ISSN: 0962-8452 ;ISSN: 1471-2954 ;EISSN: 1471-2954 ;DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2577 ;PMID: 29491171

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    Restoration and repair of Earth’s damaged ecosystems
  • Author: Jones, Holly P. ; Jones, Peter C. ; Barbier, Edward B. ; Blackburn, Ryan C. ; Benayas, Jose M. Rey ; Holl, Karen D. ; McCrackin, Michelle ; Meli, Paula ; Montoya, Daniel ; Mateos, David Moreno
  • Subjects: Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods ; Disturbance ; Disturbances ; Earth, Planet ; Ecology ; Economic conditions ; Ecosystem ; Ecosystem disturbance ; Ecosystem recovery ; Ecosystem services ; Ecosystems ; Environmental Sciences ; Life Sciences ; Local communities ; Logging ; Oil spills ; Recovery ; Resilience ; Restoration ; Vegetal Biology
  • Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2018-02, Vol.285 (1873), p.1-8
  • Description: Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services are provided to humanity. Nonetheless, few studies have documented the recovery of ecosystems globally or the rates at which ecosystems recover. Even fewer have addressed the added benefit of actively restoring ecosystems versus allowing them to recover without human intervention following the cessation of a disturbance. Our metaanalysis of 400 studies worldwide that document recovery from large-scale disturbances, such as oil spills, agriculture and logging, suggests that though ecosystems are progressing towards recovery following disturbances, they rarely recover completely. This result reinforces conservation of intact ecosystems as a key strategy for protecting biodiversity. Recovery rates slowed down with time since the disturbance ended, suggesting that the final stages of recovery are the most challenging to achieve. Active restoration did not result in faster or more complete recovery than simply ending the disturbances ecosystems face. Our results on the added benefit of restoration must be interpreted cautiously, because few studies directly compared different restoration actions in the same location after the same disturbance. The lack of consistent value added of active restoration following disturbance suggests that passive recovery should be considered as a first option; if recovery is slow, then active restoration actions should be better tailored to overcome specific obstacles to recovery and achieve restoration goals.We call for a more strategic investment of limited restoration resources into innovative collaborative efforts between scientists, local communities and practitioners to develop restoration techniques that are ecologically, economically and socially viable.
  • Publisher: England: THE ROYAL SOCIETY
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0962-8452
    ISSN: 1471-2954
    EISSN: 1471-2954
    DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2577
    PMID: 29491171
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