Authors:
Clewell, A.F. and J. Aronson in Conservation Biology
Publication Date:
2006
Abstract/Summary:
The reasons ecosystems should be restored are numerous, disparate, generally understated, and commonly underappreciated. We offer a typology in which these reasons—or motivations—are ordered among five rationales: technocratic, biotic, heuristic, idealistic, and pragmatic. Three recent examples are given of restoration that blends the technocratic, idealistic, and pragmatic rationales and demonstrates the potential for a more unified approach. The biotic and heuristic rationales can be satisfied within the contexts of the other rationales.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Conservation Biology
Link:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00340.x/abstract