Jesse Abrams

Jesse Abrams

Jesse Abrams, visiting assistant professor at Whitman College, is an environmental resource sociologist whose work focuses on issues of land tenure, rural communities, and human–environment relationships. After graduating from New College of Florida, Jesse worked as a preserve steward, restoration coordinator, and prescribed fire crew member. More recently, he has worked on community-based forest restoration projects in New Mexico and Arizona, and researched private landownership transitions in northeast Oregon. He received his MS and PhD in forest resources from Oregon State University.

Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration

Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture

When it comes to implementing successful ecological restoration projects, the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions are often as important as-and sometimes more important than-technical or biophysical knowledge.

Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration takes an interdisciplinary look at the myriad human aspects of ecological restoration. In twenty-six chapters written by experts from around the world, it provides practical and theoretical information, analysis, models, and guidelines for optimizing human involvement in restoration projects.