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A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration is the first comprehensive book focused on restoring arid regions, and clearly demonstrates that arid lands can be successfully rehabilitated. In addition to restorationists, the book will be an invaluable resource for anyone working in arid lands, including farmers, ranchers, gardeners, landscapers, outdoor recreation professionals, and activists.

Deserts. --- Arid regions. --- Restoration ecology. --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Applied ecology --- Arid lands --- Arid zones --- Dry lands --- Dryland regions --- Drylands --- Lands, Arid --- Regions, Arid --- Regions, Semiarid --- Semi-arid regions --- Semi-arid zones --- Semiarid regions --- Sub-humid lands --- Zones, Arid --- Extreme environments --- Arid regions --- Landforms --- Adaptación a los Cambios del Medio Físico (71052207) --- Bibliografía recomendada

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Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professional consultants. This book offers a comprehensive and coherent account of the field for everyone who initiates, finances, designs, administers, issues government permits for, manages, and implements ecological restoration projects, and all those who serve in supportive roles. Originally published in 2007, this revised and reorganized edition brings the book up to date with new developments and current trends in the field. In a lively, personal fashion, the authors discuss scientific and practical aspects of the field as well as the human needs and values that motivate practitioners. The book - identifies fundamental concepts upon which restoration is based - considers the principles of restoration practice - explores the diverse values that are fulfilled with the restoration of ecosystems - reviews the structure of restoration practice, including the various contexts for restoration work, the professional development of its practitioners, and the relationships of restoration with allied fields and activities. The book also includes case studies and Virtual Field Trips around the world that illustrate points made in the book with on-the-ground information from those who were intimately involved with the projects described. Throughout, ecological restoration is conceived as a holistic endeavor, one that addresses issues of ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, personal engagement, and sustainability science simultaneously, and draws upon cultural resources and local skills and knowledge in restoration work.

Restoration ecology. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Restoration ecology --- Ecology --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Environment. --- Science. --- Applied ecology. --- Ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Environment, general. --- Science, general. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Applied Ecology. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental sciences. --- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Ecology . --- Adaptación a los Cambios del Medio Físico (71052207) --- Bibliografía recomendada