[RWG] WEBINAR: Perceptions of Ecological Restoration Success – Practitioners’ Views; Sep 22, 2021; 7pm ET

[Park, Margaret E]

*Webinar date/time: September 22. 2021; 7:00 PM ET

*What will you learn?
Many ecological restoration projects claim to be successful, however debate over what constitutes ‘success’ in the context of ecological restoration is long-running. In New Zealand local communities commonly collaborate with government agencies in restoration projects, with many taking on responsibilities for project management. Inherent in this approach is a broad range of philosophies, motivations, skills and perceptions of the process aimed at ecological gains. They surveyed restoration practitioners at both community and agency levels to explore the different perceptions of what constitutes restoration success, and how this was measured. They found all stakeholders perceived their projects to be successful, although differences the perception of determinants and measures of success were evident.

Agencies with ecological management responsibilities follow systems-level attributes of success although monitoring is often limited to those that are easiest to measure. Community-based practitioners identify with gains in ecosystem structure, but their measurements of success tend to be species focused, possibly because of the ease by which such outcomes can be measured and, especially for New Zealand, focused by widespread publicity about threatened species and impact of invasive species.

Although all restoration stakeholders aspire to universal outcomes of improved ecological status, for many community-based participants, social motivation and rewards may be as important as their environmental stewardship intentions. This webinar will highlight the scientific and social duality of modern ecological restoration, using a long-running New Zealand restoration project, Tiritiri Matangi Island, as a case study.

Presenter
Mel Galbraith, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand)

Details:
Register here<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vguGEFSSSGyZKmLPpTROVg>

Webinar presented by Society for Ecological Restoration<https://www.ser.org/>
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