Advancing ecological restoration

We aim to improve ecological restoration outcomes for society and nature through applied research and effective capacity building. We work in a variety of terrestrial ecosystems including temperate grasslands and woodlands and tropical forests.

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Natural History of Ecological Restoration

• The relevance of species diversity and composition in restoration plantings: a case study in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil
  April 30, 2024
  Ricardo Viani (Universidade Federal de São Carlos) discusses multiple aspects of diversity in tropical forest restoration plantings in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
• The Restorative Landscape Coalition: A new social-ecological impact network takes root in the Eastern United States
  March 29, 2024
  The inaugural workshop held at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation in Upperville, VA led to the launch of a new coalition supporting initiatives for sustainable ecosystem and landscape restoration in the Eastern United States.
• Reconstructing and reconnecting native habitats post-pipeline construction at the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
  March 3, 2024
  James Faupel is the urban ecology restoration supervisor at the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center (LREC) and Caity Sims is the Project Clear restoration coordinator. The LREC is a private, urban outdoor education site in the heart of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri that is managed by the Missouri Botanical Garden for educational programming with K-12 teachers […]