The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research …

Coral reefs support immense biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services to many
millions of people. Yet reefs are degrading rapidly in response to numerous anthropogenic …

Freshwater ecosystems provide irreplaceable services for both nature and society. The
quality and quantity of freshwater affect biogeochemical processes and ecological dynamics …

Natural resource managers worldwide face a growing challenge: Intensifying global change
increasingly propels ecosystems toward irreversible ecological transformations. This …

Climate change is the most serious challenge facing humanity. Microbes produce and
consume three major greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide—and …

Many ecosystems around the world are rapidly deteriorating due to both local and global
pressures, and perhaps none so precipitously as coral reefs. Management of coral reefs …

Ecosystem transformation involves the emergence of persistent ecological or social–
ecological systems that diverge, dramatically and irreversibly, from prior ecosystem structure …

At the September 2014 United Nations Climate Summit, governments rallied around an
international agreement—the New York Declaration on Forests—that underscored …

Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

The increasing abandonment of marginal land creates new opportunities for restoration,
reintroduction, and rewilding, but what do these terms mean in a rapidly and irreversibly …