Facing the need for transdisciplinary research to promote ecological restoration that
achieves both social and ecological benefits, research on past restoration efforts that have …

The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research …

Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and
biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery …

Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals
in recent decades. While marine conservation has historically focused on passive habitat …

A growing number of initiatives at global, regional and national scales propose to plant
millions, billions or even trillions of trees as a simple solution to resolve complex …

There has been much recent interest in the concept of rewilding as a tool for nature
conservation, but also confusion over the idea, which has limited its utility. We developed a …

Kelp forest ecosystems and their associated ecosystem services are declining around the
world. In response, marine managers are working to restore and counteract these declines …

Ecosystem restoration conventionally focuses on ecological targets. However, while
ecological targets are crucial to mobilizing political, social, and financial capital, they do not …