Valuing marine restoration beyond the 'too small and too expensive'

Dominic McAfee; Robert Costanza; Sean D Connell

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.002

Valuing marine restoration beyond the 'too small and too expensive'

Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 Nov;36(11):968-971. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.002. Epub 2021 Aug 26.

Authors

Dominic McAfee¹, Robert Costanza², Sean D Connell³

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: dominic.mcafee@adelaide.edu.au.
² Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
³ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: sean.connell@adelaide.edu.au.

PMID: 34456067
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.002

Abstract

Restoration is criticized as ineffectively small scale, a smoke screen against global-scale action. Yet, large-scale solutions arise from small-scale successes, which inject social values and optimism needed for global investment. Human values are central to achieving socio-ecological sustainability; understanding human behavior is now arguably more important than understanding the ecological processes.

Keywords: ecosystem restoration; social well-being; socio-ecological adaptability.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources*
Ecosystem*
Humans
Social Values