… of our paper is that recovery is possible and can be rapid for many ecosystems, giving
much hope for humankind to transition to sustainable management of global ecosystems. …

… as passive recovery, and to increase the rate and extent of recovery of damaged ecosystems
after the … ) and rate of recovery in damaged ecosystems globally and compare these across …

… not available, techniques for recolonizing the damaged ecosystem with original species are
not … alternative ecosystems that would be ecologically superior to the damaged condition but …

… of its remaining ecosystems; however, public support of such an effort will dirninish if more
is promised than can be delivered. Ideally, we should restore badly damaged ecosystems to …

… combined or individually rapidly not only destroying and degrading our ecosystems, they
are … It is the vast and rapid loss of these ecosystems, and our dependence on these services, …

… The goal is, broadly speaking, to fix damaged ecosystems, and there may be a hint of hubris
in assuming that we always know (a) what the problem is, (b) how to fix it, and (c) what the …

… Perhaps, in some small way, this book will persuade people to restore damaged ecosystems
so that our children and grandchildren, together with children throughout the planet, can …

… on restoring degraded ecosystems to provide ecosystem services and … show that some
ecosystems recover rapidly without human intervention … Rapid recovery of damaged ecosystems …

… recovered only after ~6 years. The present results collectively indicated unexpectedly fast
recovery of the damaged environment and ecosystem … have contributed to rapid recovery; cf. 4–…

Restoration monitoring is generally perceived as costly and time consuming, given the
assumptions of successfully restoring ecological functions and services of a particular ecosystem …