Assessing the success of ecological restoration projects is critical to justify the use of
restoration in natural resource management and to improve best practice. Although there …

The term 'Anthropocene'was first used in the year 2000 to refer to the current time period in
which human impacts are at least as important as natural processes. It is currently being …

At the September 2014 United Nations Climate Summit, governments rallied around an
international agreement—the New York Declaration on Forests—that underscored …

Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

Increasingly, the success of management interventions aimed at biodiversity conservation
are viewed as being dependent on the 'resilience'of the system. Although the term …

Ecological restoration has grown rapidly and now encompasses not only classic ecological
theory but also utilitarian concerns, such as preparedness for climate change and …

Forty years ago, ecological restoration was conceptualized through a natural science lens.
Today, ecological restoration has evolved into a social and scientific concept. The duality of …

Agroforestry (AF) has become an important strategy in reconciling the contradictory
requirements of environmental protection and economic development in ecologically fragile …

Coastal wetlands are considered to be amongst the most productive ecosystems and can
provide invaluable ecological services. However, coastal wetlands are listed amongst the …

Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has been widely used in soil
reinforcement and other fields. Aiming at the problems of accumulation and resource …