Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

AM Tedesco, S López-Cubillos, R Chazdon… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Ecosystem restoration conventionally focuses on ecological targets. However, while
ecological targets are crucial to mobilizing political, social, and financial capital, they do not …

The Anthropocene condition: evolving through social–ecological transformations

EC Ellis - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic planetary disruptions, from climate change to biodiversity loss, are
unprecedented challenges for human societies. Some societies, social groups, cultural …

Social considerations are crucial to success in implementing the 30× 30 global conservation target

C Sandbrook, S Albury-Smith, JR Allan… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Following intense negotiation over several years, the Convention on Biological Diversity's
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 1—adopted in December 2022—includes …

Incentives and barriers to private finance for forest and landscape restoration

S Löfqvist, RD Garrett, J Ghazoul - Nature ecology & evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Increased private finance can accelerate forest and landscape restoration globally. Here we
conduct semi-structured interviews with asset managers, corporations and restoration …

Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration

OS Rakotonarivo, M Rakotoarisoa… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Tropical countries are making ambitious commitments to Forest Landscape Restoration with
the aim of locking up carbon, conserving biodiversity and benefiting local livelihoods …

An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions

CB van Rees, ML Chambers… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions (NbS, and related concepts like natural infrastructure, Ecosystem‐
based Adaptation, and green infrastructure) are increasingly recognized as multi‐benefit …

Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning

C Venier-Cambron, Ž Malek… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The need for rapid and ambitious conservation and restoration is widely acknowledged, yet
concern exists that the widespread reallocation of land to nature would disproportionately …

Targeted rainfall enhancement as an objective of forestation

A Staal, JJE Theeuwen… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forestation efforts are accelerating across the globe in the fight against global climate
change, in order to restore biodiversity, and to improve local livelihoods. Yet, so far the non …

Hold big business to task on ecosystem restoration

TAC Lamont, J Barlow, J Bebbington, T Cuckston… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Large transnational corporations (TNCs) could use their considerable finances, labor,
manufacturing infrastructure, and logistics expertise to play key roles in upscaling ecosystem …

Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions

DA Martin, JC Llopis, E Raveloaritiana… - People and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but
transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly common. So far, our knowledge on …