Turning a lost reef ecosystem into a national restoration program.

Autor: McAfee D; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.; Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., McLeod IM; TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia., Alleway HK; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.; Provide Food and Water, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, USA., Bishop MJ; School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Branigan S; The Nature Conservancy Australia, Carlton, Victoria, Australia., Connell SD; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.; Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Copeland C; OzFish Unlimited, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia., Crawford CM; Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia., Diggles BK; DigsFish Services Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Fitzsimons JA; The Nature Conservancy Australia, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Gilby BL; School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia., Hamer P; Victorian Fisheries Authority, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Hancock B; The Nature Conservancy, c/o Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA., Pearce R; Albert Park Yachting and Angling Club, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia., Russell K; NSW Department of Primary Industries, Taylors Beach, New South Wales, Australia., Gillies CL; TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.; The Nature Conservancy Australia, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 36 (6), pp. e13958. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 07.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13958
Abstrakt: Achieving a sustainable socioecological future now requires large-scale environmental repair across legislative borders. Yet, enabling large-scale conservation is complicated by policy-making processes that are disconnected from socioeconomic interests, multiple sources of knowledge, and differing applications of policy. We considered how a multidisciplinary approach to marine habitat restoration generated the scientific evidence base, community support, and funding needed to begin the restoration of a forgotten, functionally extinct shellfish reef ecosystem. The key actors came together as a multidisciplinary community of researchers, conservation practitioners, recreational fisher communities, and government bodies that collaborated across sectors to rediscover Australia's lost shellfish reefs and communicate the value of its restoration. Actions undertaken to build a case for large-scale marine restoration included synthesizing current knowledge on Australian shellfish reefs and their historical decline, using this history to tell a compelling story to spark public and political interest, integrating restoration into government policy, and rallying local support through community engagement. Clearly articulating the social, economic, and environmental business case for restoration led to state and national funding for reef restoration to meet diverse sustainability goals (e.g., enhanced biodiversity and fisheries productivity) and socioeconomic goals (e.g., job creation and recreational opportunities). A key lesson learned was the importance of aligning project goals with public and industry interests so that projects could address multiple political obligations. This process culminated in Australia's largest marine restoration initiative and shows that solutions for large-scale ecosystem repair can rapidly occur when socially valued science acts on political opportunities.
(© 2022 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.)
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