Toward a post‐conflict Colombia: restoring to the future

Aguilar, Miguel Ángel; Sierra, Jorge; Ramírez, Wilson; Vargas, Orlando; Calle, Zoraida; Vargas, William; Murcia, Carolina; Aronson, James; Barrera-Cataño, J. I.

doi:10.1111/rec.12172

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“…The importance of setting up a national restoration program cannot be emphasized enough. It should include training, research, implementation, monitoring, and political‐legal aspects, as is being carried out in other Latin American countries: Brasil (Aronson et al ), Colombia (Aguilar et al ), and Chile (Echeverria et al ). A national restoration program should also seek to strengthen restoration research in collaboration with colleagues belonging to national and international networks.…”

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Review of the science and practice of restoration in Argentina: increasing awareness of the discipline

Rovere

2015

Restoration Ecology

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The objective of this work was to obtain an overview of studies on ecological restoration carried out in Argentina to date. By means of the Scopus database, we performed two literature searches, one in Spanish (restau* and Argentina) and the other in English (restor* and Argentina). Between 1996 and 2013, 105 publications were registered, representing 2% of publications in Biology and Ecology. Most of these appeared in international journals (87%), in English (86%), and 28% were coauthored with researchers from other countries, favoring visibility at an international level. We observed an increase in the number of studies per year over time, with a significant increase beginning in 2008. Of the 18 ecological regions in Argentina, we found studies relating to 12 as well as four studies relating to restoration in urban areas. This review of the literature is intended to increase awareness of restoration in Argentina and help identify current gaps relating either to this subject or to specific ecological regions.

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Review of the science and practice of restoration in Argentina: increasing awareness of the discipline

Rovere

2015

Restoration Ecology

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“…Proactive efforts in Afghanistan have already helped the government adopt a National Protected Area System Plan and establish its first provisional national park . Efforts are also underway to include biodiversity goals in rural development plans for postwar Colombia, where territory controlled by FARC rebels for over five decades remains largely forested . Sustained commitment is necessary for biodiversity conservation to succeed in the postwar period, however.…”

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Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

Hanson

2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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The activities involved in preparing for, executing, and recovering from armed conflict are globally pervasive and consequential, with significant impacts on natural systems. Effects on biodiversity are predominantly negative, produced by direct and indirect battlefield impacts, as well as the general breakdown of social, economic, and governance systems during wartime. Certain conservation opportunities do occur, however, particularly on lands set aside for training exercises, buffer zones, and peace parks. Here, the relationship between armed conflict and biodiversity is reviewed using the temporal framework of warfare ecology, which defines warfare as an ongoing process of three overlapping stages: preparations, war (armed conflict), and postwar activities. Several themes emerge from recent studies, including a heightened awareness of biodiversity conservation on military lands, the potential for scientific and conservation engagement to mitigate negative biodiversity impacts in war zones, and the importance of the postwar period for incorporating biodiversity priorities into reconstruction and recovery efforts. Research limitations and knowledge gaps are also discussed.

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“…Most countries of LA had gone through dictatorships in the recent past, and participation of society in political processes is a recent phenomenon. Land tenure is another important bottleneck to establish restoration projects in some countries such as Colombia (Aguilar et al ) or Mexico (Ceccon et al ), and highlights the challenges that some countries may present to restore native ecosystems at large spatial scales. Defining approaches to guide restoration can greatly contribute to better match the existing opportunities for effective, long‐term, and large‐scale restoration in the region.…”

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“…A greater role for community, organizations, and other actors in ecosystem management and restoration and deeper attention to the factors that lead to effective forest management, beyond ownership patterns, is necessary to address future governance challenges (Guariguata & Brancalion ). This is particularly important in scenarios of social conflict commonly found in LA (Aguilar et al ).…”

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Four approaches to guide ecological restoration in Latin America

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Herrera

Melo

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Restoration Ecology

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There is strong upswing in conservation and restoration efforts in Latin America (LA), particularly in the recent decades after several countries have committed to international agreements such as the Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Initiative 20×20, and the Bonn Challenge. To fulfill these agreements, the practice of ecological restoration has to be defined based on ecological knowledge, but also on the specific social, economic, and legal aspects of each country in the region. Here, we give some examples about the national understanding of ecological restoration in 10 countries of LA. We identify difficulties and opportunities to define restoration priorities and needs, and discuss some approaches to cope with economic constraints and agreements, including the potential role of restoration networks in this process. On the basis of the socioecological complexity of these countries and the expectations they have in relation to restoration, we proposed four approaches to guide restoration practice and policy in the region: (1) including biodiversity and ecosystem services approach into ecosystem restoration initiatives; (2) promoting restoration in their frequently human‐modified landscapes; (3) accounting for cost–benefit trade‐offs; and (4) assembling “horizontal” communication frameworks. These approaches should be based at national levels, but adapted to local‐regional levels, in a bottom‐up perspective. We consider that national and international restoration networks in the region can help to overcome difficulties, fostering a solid scientific community, helping to develop national approaches that better match the specific conditions of each country and enhancing communication among different groups of stakeholders.

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Toward a post‐conflict Colombia: restoring to the future

Cited by 40 publications

References 9 publications

Review of the science and practice of restoration in Argentina: increasing awareness of the discipline

Review of the science and practice of restoration in Argentina: increasing awareness of the discipline

Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

Four approaches to guide ecological restoration in Latin America

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