Restoration Ecology Working Group
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.