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How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

verfasst von
Sara Löfqvist, Fritz Kleinschroth, Adia Bey, Ariane De Bremond, Ruth Defries, Forrest Fleischman, Sharachchandra Lele, Dominic A. Martin, Peter Messerli, Patrick Meyfroidt, Marion Pfeifer, Sarobidy O. Rakotonarivo, Navin Ramankutty, Vijay Ramprasad, Pushpendra Rana, Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, Casey M. Ryan, Ima Celia Guimarães Vieira, Geoff J. Wells, Rachael D. Garrett
Abstract

Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges. However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence the equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions. In the present article, we outline how social processes that are critical to restoration equity and effectiveness can be better incorporated in restoration science and policy. Drawing from existing case studies, we show how projects that align with local people's preferences and are implemented through inclusive governance are more likely to lead to improved social, ecological, and environmental outcomes. To underscore the importance of social considerations in restoration, we overlay existing global restoration priority maps, population, and the Human Development Index (HDI) to show that approximately 1.4 billion people, disproportionately belonging to groups with low HDI, live in areas identified by previous studies as being of high restoration priority. We conclude with five action points for science and policy to promote equity-centered restoration.

Externe Organisation(en)
ETH Zürich
Katholische Universität Löwen (UCL)
University of Maryland
Columbia University
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Minnesota
Shiv Nadar University (SNU)
University of Bern
Belgian National Fund Scientific Research
Newcastle University
Université d’Antananarivo
University of British Columbia
Ashoka University
University of Edinburgh
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
University of Cambridge
Typ
Artikel
Journal
BIOSCIENCE
Band
73
Seiten
134-148
Anzahl der Seiten
15
ISSN
0006-3568
Publikationsdatum
02.2023
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Agrar- und Biowissenschaften (insg.)
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, SDG 15 – Lebensraum Land
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac099 (Zugang: Offen)