There is an increasing consensus that global climate change occurs and that potential changes in climate are likely to have important regional consequences for biota and ecosystems. Ecological restoration, including (re)- afforestation and rehabilitation of degraded land, is included in the array of potential human responses to cli- mate change. However, the implications of climate change for the broader practice of ecological restoration must be considered. In particular, the usefulness of historical ecosystem conditions as targets and references must be set against the likelihood that restoring these historic ecosystems is unlikely to be easy, or even possible, in the changed biophysical conditions of the future. We suggest that more consideration and debate needs to be directed at the implications of climate change for restoration practice.
C'è un consenso crescente sul fatto che si verifichi un cambiamento climatico globale e che i potenziali cambiamenti climatici abbiano probabilmente importanti conseguenze regionali per il biota e gli ecosistemi. Il ripristino ecologico, inclusa la (ri)forestazione e la riabilitazione di terreni degradati, è incluso nella gamma di potenziali risposte umane al cambiamento climatico. Tuttavia, devono essere considerate le implicazioni del cambiamento climatico per la pratica più ampia del ripristino ecologico. In particolare, l'utilità delle condizioni ecosistemiche storiche come obiettivi e riferimenti deve essere confrontata con la probabilità che il ripristino di questi ecosistemi storici difficilmente sarà facile, o addirittura possibile, nelle mutate condizioni biofisiche del futuro. Suggeriamo che sia necessario dedicare maggiore attenzione e dibattito alle implicazioni del cambiamento climatico per la pratica del ripristino.
Ripristino ecologico e cambiamento climatico globale
ZACCAGNINI, SIMONA
2024/2025
Abstract
There is an increasing consensus that global climate change occurs and that potential changes in climate are likely to have important regional consequences for biota and ecosystems. Ecological restoration, including (re)- afforestation and rehabilitation of degraded land, is included in the array of potential human responses to cli- mate change. However, the implications of climate change for the broader practice of ecological restoration must be considered. In particular, the usefulness of historical ecosystem conditions as targets and references must be set against the likelihood that restoring these historic ecosystems is unlikely to be easy, or even possible, in the changed biophysical conditions of the future. We suggest that more consideration and debate needs to be directed at the implications of climate change for restoration practice.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12075/22564