Restoration ecology and conservation biology share biodiversity goals, but restoration ecology emphasizes long-term recovery, while conservation biology focuses on short-term loss.

Restoration ecology and conservation biology

Restoration ecology can speed up the recovery of degraded lands, complementing nature reserves, and providing hope for the future of biodiversity preservation.

Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology

Conservation and restoration ecology are two distinct disciplines, but their integration into ecosystem management is a future goal.

Environmental conservation and restoration ecology: two facets of the same problem

Biological conservation and ecological restoration can be integrated as complementary tools in environmental management, but more work is needed to optimize their implementation for global change mitigation.

Towards an integrated perspective of biological conservation and ecological restoration

Conservation physiology can optimize ecological restoration by maximizing the return of key species and ecosystem service providers, increasing conservation value and reducing environmental impact.

Leveraging the value of conservation physiology for ecological restoration

Conservation-oriented restoration, integrating conservation biology and restoration ecology, can effectively conserve plant species and combat environmental degradation.

Conservation-oriented restoration – how to make it a success?

Integrating conservation and restoration can enhance ecosystems and maintain populations, but goals must be complementary, prioritize resources, and include people as part of nature.

Integrating Conservation and Restoration in a Changing World

Restoration ecology aims to assist ecosystem recovery by ensuring sufficient resources, functioning normally, and eliminating threats to health and integrity, while maintaining ecological integrity.

The Science and Values of Restoration Ecology

Ecological restoration, when implemented effectively and sustainably, contributes to biodiversity protection, human health, and economic prosperity, while supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation.

International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Second edition

Restoration ecology has advanced over the last 30 years, incorporating facilitative interactions, network dynamics, trophic cascades, and landscape-scale response to environmental challenges, but ethical issues and space competition require collaboration among disciplines.

Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

This paper presents a comprehensive research framework to guide effective restoration of resilient, self-sustaining, and biodiverse ecosystems, emphasizing the need for cross-discipline collaboration among scientists.

A framework for the practical science necessary to restore sustainable, resilient, and biodiverse ecosystems

Restoration ecology is an important discipline in environmental science, assisting recovery of degraded ecological resources and promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Restoration in applied ecology: editor's introduction

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development, but its implementation must be integrated with other solutions, applied at landscape scale, and integrated into policy design.

Core principles for successfully implementing and upscaling Nature-based Solutions

Community ecological theory can advance restoration ecology by focusing on community function rather than species restoration, considering species roles, and relying on theoretical and empirical research on community development and structure.

Ecological Theory and Community Restoration Ecology

A new paradigm of ecological restoration is needed to establish sustainable ecosystems in the future, focusing on ecosystem functions rather than species recomposition or landscape surface cosmetics.

Restoration Ecology to the Future: A Call for New Paradigm

Marine restoration ecology should be integrated into conservation and environmental management, focusing on social-ecological elements to effectively reverse ecosystem declines and improve ecosystem services.

Upgrading Marine Ecosystem Restoration Using Ecological‐Social Concepts

A broader set of principles can guide nature conservation and ecological restoration in a changing climate, addressing basic survival, psychological, cultural, and ethical needs.

Nature conservation and ecological restoration in a changing climate: what are we aiming for?

Restoration ecology has advanced academically, fostering new ecological theories and fostering collaboration between academic scientists and restoration practitioners.

The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms

Restoration ecology advances the science behind ecosystem restoration and informs basic ecological questions, making it a crucial resource for restoration research, teaching, and practice.

Foundations of Restoration Ecology

This new edition of Restoration Ecology provides a comprehensive overview of ecological restoration, covering biomes and contexts worldwide, and serves as a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and researchers.

Restoration Ecology

What are the principles of conservation biology and restoration ecology?

These studies suggest that conservation biology focuses on short-term biodiversity loss, while restoration ecology emphasizes long-term ecosystem recovery, and integrating both can enhance ecosystem management and biodiversity preservation.