Tag: Restoration

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Qualitatively Assessing Carbon Management Trade-offs at the Nature Conservancy’s Meyer Preserve

Written by Rylee McMillan and Adrienne Keller At The Nature Conservancy’s Newell and Ann Meyer Preserve in Wisconsin, USA, managers face an increasingly difficult challenge: understanding the trade-offs and benefits of managing for carbon outcomes among other management objectives.  This challenge is not unique. Ecosystems globally are witnessing clear and intensifying effects of climate change, driving a growing interest in using natural lands for their … Continue reading Qualitatively Assessing Carbon Management Trade-offs at the Nature Conservancy’s Meyer Preserve

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Where Could Ireland and Britain’s Temperate Rainforest Actually Go?

Katerina Chernyuk highlights the need to understand the various factors impacting temperate rainforests and shares her team’s research investigating the potential climate envelopes in Ireland and Britain. Recently, temperate rainforests have captured public awareness across Ireland and Britain, with everything from award-winning books, media articles and restoration projects, leading to attention from both NGOs and governments. Temperate rainforests have become a flagship habitat for Irish … Continue reading Where Could Ireland and Britain’s Temperate Rainforest Actually Go?

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What happens belowground when invasive species are controlled?

A better understanding of what happens belowground when restoring coastal vegetation may be useful to better plan restoration. However, little is known about what happens belowground when invasive species are controlled in restoration settings. My students and I used a protected area of sandy coastal vegetation in an island in Southern Brazil as a model to investigate belowground dynamics in plant communities under restoration. These … Continue reading What happens belowground when invasive species are controlled?

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Quarries and garbage dumps inside the Galapagos National Park: How can we restore them?

Anna Calle-Loor, co-author of a new publication, shares her team’s experience assessing the survival of plant species in the Galapagos to inform decision-making amongst stakeholders. When you think of the Galapagos Islands, what comes to mind? Perhaps volcanic landscapes, giant tortoises and other unique wildlife, scenes that could easily belong in a nature documentary. But behind this iconic scenery lies a less picturesque reality: the … Continue reading Quarries and garbage dumps inside the Galapagos National Park: How can we restore them?

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Freshwater, Research summaries

Smarter planning to bring rivers back to life

In this blog post, Virgilio Hermoso explains how to plan the recovery of longitudinal and lateral connectivity to restore free-flowing rivers in their latest study. Rivers are more than lines on a map—they are living networks. They connect mountains to coasts, nourish floodplains, and support incredible biodiversity. But over the past century, we have fragmented these systems with dams, weirs, levees and floodwalls, breaking the … Continue reading Smarter planning to bring rivers back to life

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From the Ground Up: Stories about Community Regeneration in South Wales

Field reflections written by Charlotte, Emily, Tara, Diesha and Anouk who are studying on the University of Surrey’s BSc in Environment and Sustainability degree programme. Meet Charlotte, Emily, Tara, Diesha and Anouk As Surrey University Undergraduates of The Center of Environment and Sustainability, we have had the opportunity to travel to SouthWest Wales in the objectives of studying and investigating environmental regeneration. Our group of: … Continue reading From the Ground Up: Stories about Community Regeneration in South Wales

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Practitioners, Restoration, The Applied Ecologist community

Restoring Landscapes: can sustainable harvesting of wild plants and fungi help to restore landscapes?

In the ‘Restoring Landscapes’ blog series, we are promoting knowledge exchange from restoration projects around the world. Wild plants and fungi have long provided food, medicine, and income for communities around the world, and underpinned multiple food, cosmetic and health supply chains. But could they also help restore degraded landscapes? A new toolkit developed through a partnership led by TRAFFIC is helping landscape restoration practitioners … Continue reading Restoring Landscapes: can sustainable harvesting of wild plants and fungi help to restore landscapes?

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Forests, Plant and soil ecology, Research summaries, Restoration

The potential of second-growth forests for bird diversity in a small holder landscape

Mareike Kortmann and co-authors share a summary about their latest study which focusses on the ability of sample coverage to impact diversity measures of bird communities in tropical lowland forests. Tropical old-growth forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, leading to concerning biodiversity loss. But amidst this global decline, some forest areas are also recovering. Second-growth forests—those that regenerate after agricultural use—may offer valuable contributions … Continue reading The potential of second-growth forests for bird diversity in a small holder landscape

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Careers, Invasive species, Journal news, Plant and soil ecology, The Applied Ecologist community

Southwood Prize 2024: Winner announced for early career researcher award

Journal of Applied Ecology is happy to share that Agostina Torres is the winner of this year’s Southwood Prize! This annual award is given to the best article in the journal by an author at the start of their career. This year, Agostina was selected by the Senior Editors amid an impressive shortlist of 10 articles. Winner: Agostina Torres Research: Inverse priority effects: The order and timing of removal … Continue reading Southwood Prize 2024: Winner announced for early career researcher award

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Careers, Research summaries, Restoration, Translation

Natália Medeiros: Deficiências críticas para a restauração de biomas gramíneas tropicais

Finalista do Prémio Southwood 2024 Natália Medeiros explica a sua mais recente investigação sobre biomas gramíneos tropicais, que envolveu a revisão da associação de técnicas de restauração e fontes de degradação, e a investigação da diversidade de indicadores usados para monitorizar os resultados da restauração. Sobre a pesquisa Visão geral Meu artigo pré-selecionado é sobre onde e como a restauração ecológica de ecossistemas tropicais ocorre. … Continue reading Natália Medeiros: Deficiências críticas para a restauração de biomas gramíneas tropicais

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