We have a long way to go if we want to realize the promise of the “Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”

Cooke, Steven J.; Bennett, Joseph; Jones, Holly P.

doi:10.1111/csp2.129

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“…Ultimately, such predictive capacity builds confidence for restoration decision making, evidence‐based confidence that will be increasingly valued as restoration efforts are upscaled in the coming years (i.e. the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; Cooke et al ).…”

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Cuing oyster recruitment with shell and rock: implications for timing reef restoration

McAfee

Connell

2020

Restoration Ecology

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Reducing uncertainty surrounding the biological responses of degraded habitat is key to providing confidence and efficiency in its restoration. Many coastal habitats are so extensively degraded that organismal responses to restoration interventions are entirely unknown. Among the most degraded coastal ecosystems are oyster reefs, whose restoration typically occurs where oysters are degraded to the point of functional extinction. This loss creates uncertainty on the fundamental processes for reef recovery; the timing of oyster recruitment and their preferred substratum for settlement. Such knowledge can inform restoration strategies to accelerate habitat recovery. Near the site of Australia's largest restoration of native oyster reef, we quantified temporal variability in recruitment of the native flat oyster (Ostrea angasi) and assessed their preference between the settlement substrata deployed for the reef restoration. Combining half a decade of environmental data with oyster recruitment data, we provide a model that identified distinct peaks in oyster recruitment which correlate with food availability and seawater temperature. In addition, oysters preferentially settled on oyster shell relative to other materials used in local restoration. In combination, these results suggest that there are opportunities to augment recruitment through addition of shell substratum synced with recruitment peaks. Our recruitment model likely represents a minor investment with large returns, providing opportunities to capture peak recruitment and greater confidence in utilizing natural recruitment as a restoration resource.

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Cuing oyster recruitment with shell and rock: implications for timing reef restoration

McAfee

Connell

2020

Restoration Ecology

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“…Conversely, as functional restoration is founded in generalizable and predictive knowledge (e. g., nutrient uptake strategy diversity increases nutrient availability) rather than context specific knowledge based on species identities (e.g., intercropping taro and breadfruit increases nutrient cycling), it can transform the applicability of research findings. Restoration interventions co-designed with stakeholders using a trait-based approach will have direct value locally and will be structured to document outcomes in a way that is reproducible and applicable to other practitioners-a restoration priority (Cooke et al, 2019). Yet, an integrated approach still has challenges of other co-production applications.…”

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“…Unprecedented conversion of native ecosystems to intensive agriculture (Montanarella, Scholes, & Brainich, 2018) has prompted parallel calls for forest restoration and regenerative agriculture, including the designation of the United Nations "Decade on Ecosystem Restoration" (UNEA, 2019). While some argue current levels of evidence-based science are insufficient to translate the UN call into meaningful conservation gains (Cooke, Bennett, & Jones, 2019), the designation may provide a critical incentive to improve shortcomings and broaden the scope of restoration (Young & Schwartz, 2019). Debate around how to implement restoration has led to the development of restoration principles that are inclusive of multiple goals (Gann et al, 2019;Suding et al, 2015).…”

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Integrating co‐production and functional trait approaches for inclusive and scalable restoration solutions

Hastings

Ticktin

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Conservat Sci and Prac

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Calls for, and commitments to, forest restoration and regenerative agriculture are booming. While these practices are often conceptualized and implemented separately, in many contexts, research and practice at the intersection of forest restoration and diversified agriculture can accelerate the mutual goal of increasing biodiversity and ecosystem services on degraded lands. However, research on integrated forest‐agriculture practices, or agroforestry, often leaves out locally important native species and produces findings that are species‐specific, which together constrain research‐practice connections. We discuss a research design process that integrates two well‐established methods and allows for local customization in species selection, while also enabling study findings to be generalized to other sites. We illustrate this process through a case study from Hawai‘i and discuss the benefits, challenges, and potential further applications.

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“…Although mining and quarry restoration have been targeted in many studies (e.g. Prach & Tolvanen , and references therein), it still struggles with naïve efforts that may hamper the attainment of effective restoration actions (Cooke et al ). On the brink of the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, researchers and practitioners must engage with industrial stakeholders to commit to meaningful restoration targets built upon empirical and evidence‐based research.…”

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“…On the brink of the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, researchers and practitioners must engage with industrial stakeholders to commit to meaningful restoration targets built upon empirical and evidence‐based research. This will be vital to define priorities to allocate limited and precious resources into effective and successful restoration actions (Cooke et al ).…”

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Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration – challenges, strategies, and practice

Salgueiro

Prach

Branquinho

2020

Restoration Ecology

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Although covering less than 1% of the land surface, extraction activities have long-lasting impacts on local ecosystems, inevitably damaging biological diversity and depleting ecosystem services. Many extractive companies are now aware of their impacts and, while pressured by society, demand concrete solutions from researchers to reverse the effects of exploitation and restore biodiversity and ecosystems services. In this article, we compile and synthesize the contributions of the latest available research on quarry restoration. We depict and discuss some of the most pressing issues regarding (1) the challenges of restoring quarries; (2) the opportunities for biodiversity and ecosystem services delivery; and (3) outline further research addressing current gaps. We conclude that quarries pose different abiotic and biotic constraints that act interdependently, hampering the attainment of effective restoration if considered solely. Such constraints need to be addressed holistically to lastly encourage the self-sustainability of the system by reinstating ecological processes. However, a restored site does not have to specifically mimic the pristine situation, as under certain conditions alternative approaches may uphold valuable natural assets contributing to the conservation of rare, restricted, or protected species and habitats.

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We have a long way to go if we want to realize the promise of the “Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”

Cited by 77 publications

References 34 publications

Cuing oyster recruitment with shell and rock: implications for timing reef restoration

Cuing oyster recruitment with shell and rock: implications for timing reef restoration

Integrating co‐production and functional trait approaches for inclusive and scalable restoration solutions

Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration – challenges, strategies, and practice

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