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Article: Restoration in mind: placing ecological restoration in a cultural context.(Report)
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- Environments
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Introduction
A dry stream, a disappearing forest, and a vision of what used to be: this is how many restoration projects begin. Wanting to restore the landscape that once existed in a place, people research, plan, organize, and plant. They revitalize the ecosystem: streams flow again and plants grow abundantly. But can they restore what once existed in that place? What do we mean when we talk about watershed restoration?
Historically, restoration literature has focused on the ecology and the ethics of restoration. However, we cannot be successful at restoration without considering human ecology: the influence of the most dominant animal in urban ...