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Guidelines on Ecosystem Restoration
Chisinau, Moldova ♦ 13 September 2012
Thierry Lucas, UNEP Brussels
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We abuse land because we regard it as a commoditybelonging to us. When we see land as a community towhich we belong, we may begin to use it with love andwhich we belong, we may begin to use it with love andrespect. – Aldo Leopold, in “A Sand County Almanac” (1949)
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Main reference
Guidelines for Developing and Managing Ecological Restoration ProjectsSociety for Ecological Restoration InternationalAndre Clewell, John Rieger, and John Munro(2nd Edition, December 2005)copyright 2005copyright 2005
For more information, http://www.ser.org/content/guidelines_ecological_restoration.asp
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Guidelines for Developing and Managing Ecological Restoration Projects
� Assess the needs/feasibility - Conceptual Planning
� Build capacity & Preliminary Tasks� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and Raising awareness
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Introduction
GLOBIO; Alkemade et al., 2009.
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Phases of restoration projects
� Assess the needs� Build capacity� Planning� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and
Publicity
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► Identify the project site location, its boundaries and landowners
► Assess the need for ecological restoration, the kind of ecosystems to be restored
Assess the needs/feasibilityConceptual Planning
► Identify restoration goals:
� Recovery of a degraded or damaged ecosystem to former state
� Replacement of destroyed one with same kind� Transformation � Substitution
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Examples of Goals and Objectives
GOALRestore a Pontine oak ecosystem to a condition of ecological integrity (as described by historic accounts, existing reference ecosystems, and professional opinion).
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES- Remove specified exotic species to below a certain percentage of ground cover (specify time-frame)>- Plant native plants (specify type and number, time-frame)- Re-introduce native butterflies - Use externalities (sheep, fire, …)
to control IAS growth
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► Identify physical site conditions in need of repair, list the kinds of biotic interventions needed
Assess the needs/feasibilityConceptual Planning
► Document project site conditions, biota and site history leading to the need for restoration
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► History : reed beds have disappeared after a new dam was built
History leading to a new ecosystem
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Biotic inventory
Raphaël ZUMBIEHL, Zoom
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Phases of restoration projects
� Assess the needs� Build capacity� Planning� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and
Publicity
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Build Capacity &Preliminary Tasks
► Identify the needs for manpower, equipment, biotic resources, and project-funding sources
► Address legal constraints (permits, contract constraints if conservation banking)
► Based on project duration, plan long-term protection and management
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It can involve heavy techniques…
And many processes,to prepare, clean, plant,
control IAS…
Thierry DUTOIT, CNRS
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► Appoint the restoration team, nominate a practitioner (technician)
► Prepare a budget for preliminary tasks
Build Capacity &Preliminary Tasks
► Prepare a budget for preliminary tasks
► Establish the reference ecosystem (see next slide)
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Establish the reference ecosystem
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► Establish liaison with the public, publicize the project
Build Capacity &Preliminary Tasks
► Establish liaison with the public, publicize the project
► Involve stakeholders at large
► Train personnel
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Phases of restoration projects
� Assess the needs� Build capacity� Planning� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and
Publicity
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► Gather information for key species, assess effectiveness of restoration methods
Planning
► Review ecosystem goals (realistic?) and prepare a list of objectives to achieve them
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► Describe actions to implement to achieve each objective
► Prepare performance standards and monitoring protocols
Planning
► Schedule the tasks from action list
► Provide equipment, supplies, biotic resources
► Prepare a budget for the implementation
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Passive restoration Passive restoration
Thierry DUTOIT, CNRS
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Phases of restoration projects
� Assess the needs� Build capacity� Planning� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and
Publicity
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► Mark boundaries and work areas
► Install permanent monitoring features
► Implement restoration tasks
Implementation
The removal of Smelt Hill Dam in Falmouth, Maine, and other aquatic ecosystem restoration projects are conducted to restore restoration projects are conducted to restore aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife.
© US Army Corps of Engineers
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► Protect the project site
► Revisit the project site often to take adaptive
Implementation
Revisit the project site often to take adaptive measures
A fence encloses and protects rare species from over-grazing © Parks Canada / D. Gummer
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Phases of restoration projects
� Assess the needs� Build capacity� Planning� Planning� Implementation� Evaluation and
Publicity
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► Assess monitoring data
► Conduct an ecological evaluation
Evaluate and publicize
Conduct an ecological evaluation
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Publicize the work achieved
Before removal of invasive species in Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site
After removal of invasive species in Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site Rodd Hill National Historic Site
© Parks Canada
© Parks Canada
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Evaluation
2-4 years
5-8 years5-8 years
10-15 years
Reference
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Take the same example than exercise 1 – a prioritized location to restore in your country
► Develop realistic ecosystem goals and prepare a list of objectives to achieve them
Planning exercice
a list of objectives to achieve them
► Describe actions to implement to achieve each objective
► Describe performance standards and monitoring protocols
Prepare (20-30 min) and present to the group