Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is persuasive of the increased risks of zoonotic diseases with degradation and ...

A set of maps from research published in 2020 in the journal Nature suggested that restoring ecosystems in “priority areas” offered a cheap and effective way to slow climate change and stem the global ...

Worldwide, deforestation and farming practices are responsible for the degradation of vital ecosystems. While there is a significant amount of interest in climate mitigation by restoring those ...

This year’s World Environment Day kicks off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) with the aim to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems. The IAEA supports countries in ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

This year’s observance of World Wildlife Day—3 March 2022—focuses on the recovery of key species and the restoration of the planet’s ecosystems. This important theme provides us with the opportunity ...

Forests across the globe are witnessing remarkable transformations as scientists document unprecedented restoration efforts that are reshaping entire ecosystems. Despite facing alarming deforestation ...

By John Cannon The Society for Ecological Restoration, a U.S.-based conservation organization, published an updated set of ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has a combination of ecological richness, economic value, and ...

European native oyster ecosystems have been classified as a "collapsed" species, after an assessment of historical and ecological data revealed it has faced extreme decimation. The mollusk species has ...