Restoration for Multiple Use
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2019
Abstract
Management of restored ecosystems for multiple use is a modern necessity given a growing human population and dwindling supplies of ecosystem goods and services. Multiple use management refers to managing resources simultaneously for sustainable output of many goods and services. Within any restoration, thoughtful planning and early stakeholder engagement can help harmonize seemingly competing multiple uses. Although the field of ecological restoration is young and there are few long-term lessons to draw from, we can infer from ecological theory that maximization of native biodiversity can impart resilience in the restored ecosystem and can buffer against the stress of multiple use management. Restoration for multiple use should be accompanied with an acknowledgment that humility is required and monitoring is needed to keep the restored ecosystem on an acceptable trajectory. The field of ecological restoration was founded upon the notion that ecosystems would be restored for ethical reasons, but modern realities have necessitated a more utilitarian approach to restoration that requires restoring ecosystems for multiple uses. This reality represents a grand challenge for the next generation of restoration ecologists
Publication Title
Restoration Ecology
DOI of Published Version
10.1111/rec.12949
Recommended Citation
Paschke, Mark W.; Perkins, Lora; and Veblen, Karl E., "Restoration for Multiple Use" (2019). Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications. 271.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/nrm_pubs/271