Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

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Tedesco, Anazélia M.;López-Cubillos, Sofía;Chazdon, Robin;Rhodes, Jonathan R.;Archibald, Carla L.;Pérez-Hämmerle, Katharina-Victoria;Brancalion, Pedro H.S.;Wilson, Kerrie A.;Oliveira, Mariana;Correa, Diego F.;Ota, Liz;Morrison, Tiffany H.;Possingham, Hugh P.;Mills, Morena;Santos, Fabiane C.;Dean, Angela J.
Tiffany Morrison
Abstract

Ecosystem restoration conventionally focuses on ecological targets. However, while ecological targets are crucial to mobilizing political, social, and financial capital, they do not encapsulate the need to: integrate social, economic, and ecological dimensions and systems approaches; reconcile global targets and local objectives; and measure the rate of progress toward multiple and synergistic goals. Restoration is better conceived as an inclusive social-ecological process that integrates diverse values, practices, knowledge, and restoration objectives across temporal and spatial scales and stakeholder groups. Taking a more process-based approach will ultimately enable greater social-ecological transformation, greater restoration effectiveness, and more long-lasting benefits to people and nature across time and place.

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Trends in Ecology and Evolution

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Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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38

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1872-8383

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7

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11

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Elsevier

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10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.007