tailieunhanh - Making Nature Whole A History of Ecological Restoration

The idea of restoration is not new. Life, as it happens, is full of accidents, mishaps, and untoward events, from breaking a tool to growing old and dying, and the desire to avoid the consequences of these events by reversing or undoing them in order to return to some happier previous or “original” condition seems to be as old as our species. It is the root aspiration behind religion, that oldest of human institutions. It is also a constant theme of both public and private life, and it may even be grounded in the capacity for self-repair that is a peculiarity of life itself | Society for Ecological Restoration Maki ng Nature Whole A HISTORY OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WILLIAM R. JORDAN III AND GEORGE M. LUBICK society for ecological restoration The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Editorial Board James Aronson EDITOR Karen D. Holl ASSOCIATE EDITOR Donald A. Falk Richard J. Hobbs Margaret A. Palmer A complete list of titles in this series can be found in the back of this book. The Society for Ecological Restoration SER is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote ecological restoration as a means to sustaining the diversity of life on Earth and reestablishing an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture. Since its incorporation in 1988 SER has been promoting the science and practice of ecological restoration around the world through its publications conferences and chapters. SER is a rapidly growing community of restoration ecologists and ecological restoration practitioners dedicated to developing science-based restoration practices around the globe. With members in more than fifty countries and all fifty US states SER is the world s leading restoration organization. For more information or to become a member e-mail us at info@ or visit our website at .