NATR528 Ecological Restoration

Ecological Restoration is a complex interdisciplinary field that is becoming critical in a world that depends on increasingly degraded ecosystems to support growing human societies. Continuing disturbances of natural communities and ecosystems associated with urbanization, energy development, climate change, poor land management, and pollution create the need for professionals that can restore services to degraded ecosystems. Restoration of degraded ecosystems benefits society by improving biodiversity conservation, improving human livelihoods, empowering local people, and improving ecosystem productivity. Understanding of the processes of planning and recovering damaged, degraded or destroyed ecosystems will be surveyed. The greatest amount of attention will be given to drastically disturbed lands, but the principles and concepts will have application to a wide variety of disturbance scenarios.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to the Master of Science in Natural Resources Management Program

Corequisite

none

Offered

S