Introducton to Restoration Ecology

Question 1

Population growth

Answer 1

More people =

More agricultural areas, urbanization

Question 2

Global ecosystem condition

Answer 2

1/3 Degraded

1/3 Transformed

1/3 Good condition

Question 3

Possible Future Scenarios:

Answer 3

1. Ecosystem degradation continues -unknown consequences
2. No net loss: lost ecosystems will be counterbalanced by restoration
3. Global strategy where restoration will exceed degradation

Question 4

Ecological restoration:

Answer 4

• Assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

• Actions to speed up the return of an ecosystems’:
– Integrity
– Health
– Resistance