International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration: An Overview - Florida International University

(originally published in SER Primer in 2002) •Ecological restoration is commonly used to describe both the process and the outcome sought for an ecosystem, but the Standards reserve the term restoration for the activity undertaken and recovery for the outcome sought or achieved. [...] Uncoupling the reference ecosystem from the target The reference model should describe the native ecosystem as if full recovery were the target. [...] Delray Beach, Florida Principle 6 Ecological restoration seeks the highest level of recovery possible Ecological restoration aims for the highest practicable level of recovery appropriate to the circumstances. [...] Powering the Recovery Wheel: The development of a framework of quantitative tools to assess the ecological response of a river to restoration. [...] Post-implementation maintenance Section 4: Leading Practices •Developing the reference model •Identifying appropriate ecological restoration approaches •The role of ecological restoration in global restoration initiatives Developing the reference model The reference model should account for multiple ecosystem attributes and their variation within the target ecosystem, as well as overall ecosystem.