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Upgrading marine ecosystem restoration using ecological-social concepts

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posted on 2023-05-18, 17:50 authored by Abelson, A, Halpern, BS, Reed, DC, Orth, RJ, Kendrick, GA, Beck, MW, Belmaker, J, Krause, G, Graham EdgarGraham Edgar, Airoldi, L, Brokovich, E, France, R, Shashar, N, de Blaeij, A, Stambler, N, Salameh, P, Shechter, M, Nelson, PA
Conservation and environmental management are principal countermeasures to the degradation of marine ecosystems and their services. However, in many cases, current practices are insufficient to reverse ecosystem declines. We suggest that restoration ecology, the science underlying the concepts and tools needed to restore ecosystems, must be recognized as an integral element for marine conservation and environmental management. Marine restoration ecology is a young scientific discipline, often with gaps between its application and the supporting science. Bridging these gaps is essential to using restoration as an effective management tool and reversing the decline of marine ecosystems and their services. Ecological restoration should address objectives that include improved ecosystem services, and it therefore should encompass social-ecological elements rather than focusing solely on ecological parameters. We recommend using existing management frameworks to identify clear restoration targets, to apply quantitative tools for assessment, and to make the re-establishment of ecosystem services a criterion for success.

Funding

Australian Research Council

History

Publication title

Bioscience

Volume

66

Pagination

156-163

ISSN

0006-3568

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.

Place of publication

United States

Rights statement

Copyright 2016 The Authors Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Marine biodiversity