Restoration Ecology Working Group
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RESTORATION ECOLOGY | Global Change Center
Ecological restoration, the process of assisting the recovery of damaged ecosystems, is central to the vision of a sustainable global future. Restoration has immense potential to mitigate climate change, prevent mass extinction, and provide the ecosystem services that societies require, but it is not a substitute for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and halting the destruction of intact habitats. Done wrong, restoration also has the potential to exacerbate social inequality. Delivering on restoration’s promise and avoiding perverse outcomes requires critical thinking and training across disciplinary silos.
The Restoration Ecology Working Group is an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students reading, thinking, teaching, and researching about the most effective and equitable strategies for restoring biodiversity and environmental quality locally, regionally, and globally.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Reading and discussion group focusing on new restoration ecology research, interdisciplinary perspectives on restoration, and research proposal development (every other week).
CORE MEMBERSHIP
Paul Angermeier
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Cully Hession
Biological Systems Engineering
Sarah Karpanty
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Rachel Reid
Geosciences
Stella Schons do Valle
Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation
Jeff Walters
Biological Sciences
Sally Entrekin
Entomology
Elizabeth Hunter
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
J. Leighton Reid
Plant and Environmental Sciences
Haldre Rogers
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Jessica Taylor
History
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INTERESTED IN THE RESTORATION ECOLOGY WORKING GROUP?
CONTACT
J LEIGHTON REID {jlreid@vt.edu}
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