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The political ecology playbook for ecosystem restoration Principles for effective, equitable, and transformative landscapes1.29 MB
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The political ecology playbook for ecosystem restoration: Principles for effective, equitable, and transformative landscapes
Global Environmental Change, Vol.70, pp.1-7
2021
Abstract
The urgency of restoring ecosystems to improve human wellbeing and mitigate climate and biodiversity crises is attracting global attention. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) is a global call to action to support the restoration of degraded ecosystems. And yet, many forest restoration efforts, for instance, have failed to meet restoration goals; indeed, they worsened social precarities and ecological conditions. By merely focusing on symptoms of forest loss and degradation, these interventions have neglected the underlying issues of equity and justice driving forest decline. To address these root causes, thus creating socially just and sustainable solutions, we develop the Political Ecology Playbook for Ecosystem Restoration. We outline a set of ten principles for achieving long-lasting, resilient, and equitable ecosystem restoration. These principles are guided by political ecology, a framework that addresses environmental concerns from a broadly political economic perspective, attending to power, politics, and equity within specific geographic and historical contexts. Drawing on the chain of explanation, this multi-scale, cross-landscapes Playbook aims to produce healthy relationships between people and nature that are ecologically, socially, and economically just – and thus sustainable and resilient – while recognizing the political nature of such relationships. We argue that the Political Ecology Playbook should guide ecosystem restoration worldwide.
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- Title
- The political ecology playbook for ecosystem restoration: Principles for effective, equitable, and transformative landscapes
- Authors
- Tracey Osborne (Author) - University of California, MercedSamara Brock (Author) - Yale UniversityRobin Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreSusan Chomba (Author) - World AgroforestryEva Garen (Author) - Yale UniversityVictoria Gutierrez (Author) - Commonland FoundationRebecca Lave (Author) - Indiana University BloomingtonManon Lefevre (Author) - Yale UniversityJuanita Sundberg (Author) - University of British Columbia
- Publication details
- Global Environmental Change, Vol.70, pp.1-7
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102320
- ISSN
- 1872-9495; 0959-3780
- Copyright note
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99575208802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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