Ockendon, N, Thomas, DHL, Cortina, J et al. (35 more authors) (2018) One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe. Biological Conservation, 221. pp. 198-208. ISSN 0006-3207
Abstract
We present the results of a process to attempt to identify 100 questions that, if answered, would make a substantial difference to terrestrial and marine landscape restoration in Europe. Representatives from a wide range of European governmental and non-governmental conservation organisations, universities, independent ecologists and land managers compiled 677 questions relating to all aspects of European landscape restoration for nature and people. The questions were shortlisted by an email vote, followed by a two-day workshop, to produce the final list of 100 questions. Many of the final questions evolved through a process of modification and combination as the workshop progressed. The questions are divided into eight sections: conservation of biodiversity; connectivity, migration and translocations; delivering and evaluating restoration; natural processes; ecosystem services; social and cultural aspects of restoration; policy and governance; and economics. We anticipate that these questions will help identify new directions for researchers and policy-makers and assist funders and programme managers in allocating funds and planning projects, resulting in improved understanding and implementation of landscape-scale ecological restoration in Europe.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Natural processes; Landscape-scale; Prioirty setting; Rewilding; Ecological restoration; Biodiversity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2018 12:20 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2018 08:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128349 |