Ecological restoration, ecosystem services, and land use
A European perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7755880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Tolvanen (0000-0002-5304-7510, Natural Resources Institute Finland), Jay Aronson (0000-0002-3655-5492, Missouri Botanical Garden), James Aronson |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance, Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-09048-210447 |
| OpenAlex | W2561500759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 16 |
This special feature provides an overview on how the ecosystem service concept has been and can be incorporated into the science, practice, and policies of ecological restoration (ER) and evidence-based land-use. It includes an edited selection of eleven invited and peer-reviewed papers based on presentations given during the 9th European Conference on Ecological Restoration in 2014. The focus is on Europe, but many contributors also make appraisals and recommendations at the global scale. Based on the contributors' papers, and our own overview of the promise of ecological restoration in the existing international treaties, coalitions, and conventions, we propose that the following actions could contribute to the positive impacts of ER on biodiversity maintenance, ecosystem functioning, progressive mainstreaming the concepts of both ER and ecosystem services, significant mitigation and offsetting of anthropogenic climate change, and lasting enhancement of both ecosystem and human health: ! ER should be incorporated into land use planning, wherever needed, and the synergies and trade-offs of different land use scenarios should be assessed in terms of their impacts on ecosystem services. ! The discourse of ER should be enlarged, wherever it is needed, to include multifunctional land use that simultaneously supports sustainable production systems, built environments, and the quality and quantity of diverse ecosystem services. This approach will generate ecological, social, and economic benefits in the long run. ! Monitoring and evaluation of ER projects should be a continuous process involving careful selection of indicators chosen with the full range of stakeholders in mind, and a sufficiently long-term perspective to catch the progress of long-term or highly dynamic ecosystem processes. ! Scientists should actively participate in policy and land management discussions in order to give their views on the potential outcomes of decisions. ! Greater cooperation and exchanges are needed within the EU and globally in order to accelerate the upscaling, improvement, and mainstreaming of both large-scale ER and the science and application of the ecosystem services concept
Biology · Ecosystem · Ecosystem Management · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land use · Restoration Ecology · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology
The relationship between people's activities and values with the protection level and biodiversity
Multi-Scenario Simulation and Trade-Off Analysis of Ecological Service Value in the Manas River Basin Based on Land Use Optimization in China
Ecological engineering projects significantly enhanced vegetation recovery
Divergent global land change scenarios from 2001 to 2019
Land use, income, and ethnic diversity in the margins of Hutan Harapan – A rainforest restoration concession in Jambi and South sumatra, Indonesia
Connecting biodiversity and human dimensions through ecosystem services
Ecosystem restoration as a boundary object, demonstrated in a large-scale landscape restoration project in the Dovre Mountains, Norway
Function-analysis and valuation as a tool to assess land use conflicts in planning for sustainable, multi-functional landscapes
Ecosystem Services as a Contested Concept
The Nature and Value of Ecosystem Services
Integrating Human and Ecosystem Health Through Ecosystem Services Frameworks
Biodiversity offsetting and restoration under the European Union Habitats Directive
Ecological and Social Dimensions of Ecosystem Restoration in the Nordic Countries
Preferences of Local People for the Use of Peatlands
Ecological restoration as objective, target, and tool in international biodiversity policy
Ecosystem service delivery in restoration projects
Social success of in-stream habitat improvement
Mapping wetland loss and restoration potential in Flanders (Belgium)
Evaluating the process of ecological restoration
A method for assessing ecological values to reconcile multiple land use needs
Creating restoration landscapes
The challenges of integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services monitoring and evaluation at a landscape-scale wetland restoration project in the UK
Restoring ecosystem health to improve human health and well-being
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |