Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
5 |
15 |
8 |
4 weeks |
120 hours |
Instructor
Joannès Guillemot
Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira
Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion
Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani
Objective
Trainning students for developing research and development projects in ecological restoration.
Content
- History of ecosystem degradation and restoration
- Ecological bases of restoration
- Socioeconomic and legal bases of restoration
- Restoration of forest ecosystems
- Restoration of non-forest ecosystems
- Research in restoration ecology
- Ecological restoration projects
Bibliography
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Oficina de Textos, v. 1. 432p.
• Brancalion PHS, Amazonas NT, Chazdon RL, et al. 2020. Exotic eucalypts: From demonized trees
to allies of tropical forest restoration? Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 55-66.
• Brancalion PHS, de Siqueira LP, Amazonas NT, et al. 2022. Ecosystem restoration job creation
potential in brazil. People and Nature 4: 1426-1434.
• Brancalion PHS and Holl KD. 2020. Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives. Journal of
Applied Ecology n/a:
• Brancalion PHS, Meli P, Tymus JRC, et al. 2019. What makes ecosystem restoration expensive?
A systematic cost assessment of projects in brazil. Biological Conservation 240: 108274.
• Brancalion PHS, Niamir A, Broadbent E, et al. 2019. Global restoration opportunities in tropical
rainforest landscapes. Science Advances 5: eaav3223.
• Chaves RB, Durigan G, Brancalion PHS and Aronson J. 2015. On the need of legal frameworks
for assessing restoration projects success: New perspectives from são paulo state (brazil). Restoration
Ecology 23: 754-759.
• Chazdon R and Brancalion P. 2019. Restoring forests as a means to many ends. Science 365:
24-25.
• Chazdon RL, Brancalion PHS, Laestadius L, et al. 2016. When is a forest a forest? Forest
concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration. Ambio 45: 538-550.
• Crouzeilles R, Ferreira MS, Chazdon RL, et al. 2017. Ecological restoration success is higher for
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ignore ecosystem service trade-offs. Science Advances 7: eabf8650.
• Metzger JP and Brancalion PHS. 2013. Challenges and opportunities in applying a landscape
ecology perspective in ecological restoration: A powerful approach to shape neolandscapes. Natureza &
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• Newmark WD, Jenkins CN, Pimm SL, et al. 2017. Targeted habitat restoration can reduce
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forests. Science Advances 5: eaau3114.
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