Restore or rewild? Implementing complementary approaches to bend the curve on biodiversity loss

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Title: Restore or rewild? Implementing complementary approaches to bend the curve on biodiversity loss
Authors: Nathalie Pettorelli, James M. Bullock
Source: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Publisher Information: Wiley, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Environmental sciences
LCC:Ecology
Subject Terms: ecosystem collapse, environmental legislation, nature‐based solutions, protected areas, restoration, rewilding, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Ecology, QH540-549.5
More Details: Abstract Restoration and rewilding are both relevant conservation approaches to addressing the current nature, health and climate crises. Here, we discuss the benefits of integrating restoration and rewilding in conservation projects. We highlight how such integration could increase the amount of space available for nature recovery; boost knowledge exchange and raise nature recovery ambitions; enhance landscape heterogeneity and dynamics and improve large‐scale connectivity. In particular, the two approaches may be deployed to exploit synergisms. We argue that developing a portfolio of integrated approaches that capitalise on the strengths of both restoration and rewilding and target different scales and socio‐ecological contexts is the best way to jointly address the biodiversity and climate crises. We call for major policy platforms and international funding agencies to support the emergence of infrastructures and frameworks that facilitate the coordination and integration of the restoration and rewilding agendas. Such a step would benefit biodiversity and support broader efforts to integrate different conservation strategies into whole landscape approaches.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2688-8319
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2688-8319
DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12244
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9ae53ea2bb604d6c873e99e748c2e343
Accession Number: edsdoj.9ae53ea2bb604d6c873e99e748c2e343
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:26888319
DOI:10.1002/2688-8319.12244
Published in:Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Language:English