TY - JOUR
T1 - Rewilding complex ecosystems
AU - Perino, Andrea
AU - Pereira, Henrique M.
AU - Navarro, Laetitia M.
AU - Fernández, Néstor
AU - Bullock, James M.
AU - Ceaușu, Silvia
AU - Cortés-Avizanda, Ainara
AU - van Klink, Roel
AU - Kuemmerle, Tobias
AU - Lomba, Angela
AU - Pe’er, Guy
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
AU - Rey Benayas, José M.
AU - Sandom, Christopher J.
AU - Svenning, Jens-Christian
AU - Wheeler, Helen C.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The practice of rewilding has been both promoted and criticized in recent years. Benefits include flexibility to react to environmental change and the promotion of opportunities for society to reconnect with nature. Criticisms include the lack of a clear conceptualization of rewilding, insufficient knowledge about possible outcomes, and the perception that rewilding excludes people from landscapes. Here, we present a framework for rewilding that addresses these concerns. We suggest that rewilding efforts should target trophic complexity, natural disturbances, and dispersal as interacting processes that can improve ecosystem resilience and maintain biodiversity. We propose a structured approach to rewilding projects that includes assessment of the contributions of nature to people and the social-ecological constraints on restoration.
AB - The practice of rewilding has been both promoted and criticized in recent years. Benefits include flexibility to react to environmental change and the promotion of opportunities for society to reconnect with nature. Criticisms include the lack of a clear conceptualization of rewilding, insufficient knowledge about possible outcomes, and the perception that rewilding excludes people from landscapes. Here, we present a framework for rewilding that addresses these concerns. We suggest that rewilding efforts should target trophic complexity, natural disturbances, and dispersal as interacting processes that can improve ecosystem resilience and maintain biodiversity. We propose a structured approach to rewilding projects that includes assessment of the contributions of nature to people and the social-ecological constraints on restoration.
U2 - 10.1126/science.aav5570
DO - 10.1126/science.aav5570
M3 - Review
C2 - 31023897
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 364
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6438
M1 - eaav5570
ER -