Connecting Communities for Ecological Restoration

摘要

I've always loved that line, but I appreciate it more sinceturning my attention to ecological restoration about 12yr ago. Many of us empathize with Alice in our dailyefforts to restore ecological function and services, and ourempathy is only heightened as baselines shift due to globalchange. Fortunately, none of us is in the race alone, andalthough the kilometer markers might move, progress isbeing made. But how can we make greater progress in eco-logical restoration? Two of the answers that I've found arein developing connections among people and in increasingawareness and understanding of ecological restoration.