James Aronson | An Island Press author

James Aronson

James Aronson is a senior restoration ecology scientist at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development. From 1992 to 2016, he was head of  the Restoration Ecology Group at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, in Montpellier, France. Over the past 25 years, he has participated in many projects and published many books and articles on ecological restoration, the restoration of natural capital, sustainability, and related subjects.


 


Restauración Ecológica

Restauración Ecológica

Principios, Valores y Estructura de una Profesión Emergente

Publicado originalmente en 2007, Restauración Ecológica se volvió uno de los libros seminales en su campo. En esta segunda versión totalmente revisada y reorganizada, dos de los líderes en restauración ecológica presentan y comentan los nuevos desarrollos y tendencias en este campo emergente.

Restauração Ecológica

Restauração Ecológica

Princípios, Valores e Estrutura de uma Profissão Emergente

Publicado originalmente em 2007, Restauração Ecológica se tornou um livro seminal em seu campo. Esta edição completamente revisada e reorganizada apresenta desenvolvimentos e tendências atuais no campo por dois dos líderes mundiais em restauração ecológica.

Ecological Restoration, Second Edition

Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professional consultants. This book offers a comprehensive and coherent account of the field for everyone who initiates, finances, designs, administers, issues government permits for, manages, and implements ecological restoration projects, and all those who serve in supportive roles.

Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge

Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge

Ecology, Adaptive Management, and Restoration

Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean—ecologically as a canopy or “framework” tree in natural woodlands, and culturally as an economically valuable resource that underpins local economies.

Restoring Natural Capital

Science, Business, and Practice

How can environmental degradation be stopped? How can it be reversed? And how can the damage already done be repaired? The authors of this volume argue that a two-pronged approach is needed: reducing demand for ecosystem goods and services and better management of them, coupled with an increase in supply through environmental restoration.