| Titre : |
Ecological restoration and the conservation of biodiversity |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
William R. Jordan, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1996 |
| Importance : |
p 371-387 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA VIE
|
| Mots-clés : |
RESTORATION ECOLOGIQUE BIODIVERSITE CONSERVATION |
| Résumé : |
In this chapter, the author summarizes some of his own ideas about the role of restoration in the conservation of biodiversity. In doing so, he takes into account not only the direct value of restoration as a technology for conserving classic ecosystems against the pressure of novel influences, but also what might be called its indirect value as a way of changing people and bringing them into a positive, mutually beneficial relationship with the classic landscape.So far, evaluations of restoration have concentrated almost exclusively on its product - the restored ecossystem itself - and have overlooked what may well be the most important aspects of restoration - restoration as an experience and a performance, and as a way of bringing about changes in the practitioner in his or her audience. As a result of this one-dimensional evaluation, many of the benefits of restoration simply have been overlooked. Not that the product of restoration effort is unimportant. Restoration is defined -and distinguished from other forms of agriculture-by its product and it deserves to be evaluated on the basis of its ability to produce it. At the same time, whenever there is a product, there is also a process and when humans carry out a process, there are also experience and performance. Taken together, these four dimensions-of product, process, experience and performance-define any act. Value is to be found in all of them, not just the first.
This chapter briefly explores each of these dimensions, considering what each has to contribute to the value of ecological restoration as a strategy for conserving biological diversity. |
| Numéro du document : |
A/BIO |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
BIOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
BIOLOGIE GENERALE |
Ecological restoration and the conservation of biodiversity [texte imprimé] / William R. Jordan, Auteur . - 1996 . - p 371-387. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA VIE
|
| Mots-clés : |
RESTORATION ECOLOGIQUE BIODIVERSITE CONSERVATION |
| Résumé : |
In this chapter, the author summarizes some of his own ideas about the role of restoration in the conservation of biodiversity. In doing so, he takes into account not only the direct value of restoration as a technology for conserving classic ecosystems against the pressure of novel influences, but also what might be called its indirect value as a way of changing people and bringing them into a positive, mutually beneficial relationship with the classic landscape.So far, evaluations of restoration have concentrated almost exclusively on its product - the restored ecossystem itself - and have overlooked what may well be the most important aspects of restoration - restoration as an experience and a performance, and as a way of bringing about changes in the practitioner in his or her audience. As a result of this one-dimensional evaluation, many of the benefits of restoration simply have been overlooked. Not that the product of restoration effort is unimportant. Restoration is defined -and distinguished from other forms of agriculture-by its product and it deserves to be evaluated on the basis of its ability to produce it. At the same time, whenever there is a product, there is also a process and when humans carry out a process, there are also experience and performance. Taken together, these four dimensions-of product, process, experience and performance-define any act. Value is to be found in all of them, not just the first.
This chapter briefly explores each of these dimensions, considering what each has to contribute to the value of ecological restoration as a strategy for conserving biological diversity. |
| Numéro du document : |
A/BIO |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
BIOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
BIOLOGIE GENERALE |
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