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RESTORATION ECOLOGY  |  Global Change Center

The Restoration Ecology Working Group is hosting a summit!

Plan to attend the Ecological and Biocultural Restoration Summit at the University Club in Blacksburg, Virginia, on April 12, 2024. This all-day event will feature engaging seminars from Alexandra Sutton Lawrence and Marcus Briggs-Cloud, along with other leaders in the field, as well as facilitated discussions about challenging restoration questions and how we can address those challenges through interdisciplinary research and capacity building at Virginia Tech.

This event is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Restoration Ecology Working Group with support from the Global Change Center and the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment.

Please RSVP at the link below by March 22, 2024. We look forward to seeing you there!

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

Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Tropical forest restoration site in northwestern Ecuador.
Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Riparian forest restoration along Stroubles Creek at the StREAM Lab.
Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Technician Abbie Dwire setting up an acoustic recording unit for monitoring birds in grassland restoration sites at Rappahannock National Wildlife Refuge.
Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Dr. Reid on a field trip at the Fincastle burn unit.
Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Restored woodland at Mt. Joy pond.
Tropical Restoration Site in Ecuador
Students working on Stroubles Creek restoration.
J Leighton Reed

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CONTACT

J LEIGHTON REID {jlreid@vt.edu}  

 

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