Application and attitudes: active restoration in the context of biodiversity offsetting

IF 2.8 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY

Restoration Ecology Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1111/rec.14149

Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough, Laure-Elise Ruoso, James Brazill-Boast, Kate Newman, Ian Oliver, Roel Plant

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Abstract

The global trend in offsetting for no-net-loss (NNL) is increasing, focusing on protecting high-condition habitats and restoring degraded ones. Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Biodiversity Offset Scheme (BOS) promotes active restoration (AR; reconstruction of missing ecosystem properties, AR) on offset sites. We examined (1) the adoption of AR under the BOS, and (2) practical constraints and attitudes toward AR. Records of management actions on 138 proposed offset sites revealed that AR was proposed for 19.3% (12,180 ha) of the total offset area (67,310 ha). For areas with a low-moderate condition score (26,528 ha), AR was proposed for only 27.3% (7248 ha), despite these being the areas where it would be most likely to be necessary. A survey of 111 individuals involved in offsetting policy and restoration revealed that while 76% agreed AR was necessary for NNL, financial constraints were seen as a major barrier. A structural equation model indicated that positive attitudes toward AR rules and AR as a social imperative were strongly linked to agreement on the necessity of AR for NNL outcomes. Our results indicate that attitudes could influence the adoption of AR on offset sites, even in cases where policies are explicitly designed to provide financial incentives for AR, as exemplified in the context of NSW.

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应用与态度：生物多样性补偿背景下的积极恢复

全球无净损失 (NNL) 补偿的趋势正在增加，重点是保护高条件栖息地和恢复退化栖息地。澳大利亚新南威尔士州（NSW）的生物多样性抵消计划（BOS）提倡在抵消地点进行积极恢复（AR；重建缺失的生态系统属性，AR）。我们研究了 (1) 生物多样性抵消计划采用 AR 的情况，以及 (2) 实际限制因素和对 AR 的态度。138 个拟议抵消点的管理行动记录显示，在总抵消面积（67,310 公顷）中，19.3%（12,180 公顷）的抵消点建议采用主动恢复。对于中低等状况评分的区域（26528 公顷），仅有 27.3% 的区域（7248 公顷）建议采取 AR，尽管这些区域最有可能需要 AR。对 111 名参与抵消政策和恢复工作的人员进行的一项调查显示，虽然 76% 的人同意有必要对 NNL 进行 AR，但资金限制被视为一个主要障碍。结构方程模型表明，对可回收利用规则的积极态度以及将可回收利用作为一种社会需要，与对可回收利用对非自然地理结果的必要性的认同密切相关。我们的研究结果表明，即使在新南威尔士州的情况下，政策明确规定为可回收利用提供经济激励，人们的态度也会影响抵消点对可回收利用的采用。

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Restoration Ecology 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

15.60%

发文量

226

审稿时长

12-24 weeks

期刊介绍： Restoration Ecology fosters the exchange of ideas among the many disciplines involved with ecological restoration. Addressing global concerns and communicating them to the international research community and restoration practitioners, the journal is at the forefront of a vital new direction in science, ecology, and policy. Original papers describe experimental, observational, and theoretical studies on terrestrial, marine, and freshwater systems, and are considered without taxonomic bias. Contributions span the natural sciences, including ecological and biological aspects, as well as the restoration of soil, air and water when set in an ecological context; and the social sciences, including cultural, philosophical, political, educational, economic and historical aspects. Edited by a distinguished panel, the journal continues to be a major conduit for researchers to publish their findings in the fight to not only halt ecological damage, but also to ultimately reverse it.