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Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration

Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration
Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration
Coral reefs provide ecosystem benefits to millions of people but are threatened by rapid environmental change and ever-increasing human pressures. Restoration is becoming a priority strategy for coral reef conservation, yet implementation remains challenging and it is becoming increasingly apparent that indirect conservation and restoration approaches will not ensure the long-term sustainability of coral reefs. The important role of environmental conditions in restoration practice are currently undervalued, carrying substantial implications for restoration success. Giving paramount importance to environmental conditions, particularly during the pre-restoration planning phase, has the potential to bring about considerable improvements in coral reef restoration and innovation. This Essay argues that restoration risk may be reduced by adopting an environmentally aware perspective that gives historical, contemporary, and future context to restoration decisions. Such an approach will open up new restoration opportunities with improved sustainability that have the capacity to dynamically respond to environmental trajectories.</jats:p>
1544-9173
Burdett, Heidi L.
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Albright, Rebecca
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Burdett, Heidi L., Albright, Rebecca, Foster, Gavin L., Mass, Tali, Page, Tessa M., Rinkevich, Buki, Schoepf, Verena, Silverman, Jacob and Kamenos, Nicholas A. (2024) Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration. PLoS Biology, 22 (3), [e3002542]. (doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002542).

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Coral reefs provide ecosystem benefits to millions of people but are threatened by rapid environmental change and ever-increasing human pressures. Restoration is becoming a priority strategy for coral reef conservation, yet implementation remains challenging and it is becoming increasingly apparent that indirect conservation and restoration approaches will not ensure the long-term sustainability of coral reefs. The important role of environmental conditions in restoration practice are currently undervalued, carrying substantial implications for restoration success. Giving paramount importance to environmental conditions, particularly during the pre-restoration planning phase, has the potential to bring about considerable improvements in coral reef restoration and innovation. This Essay argues that restoration risk may be reduced by adopting an environmentally aware perspective that gives historical, contemporary, and future context to restoration decisions. Such an approach will open up new restoration opportunities with improved sustainability that have the capacity to dynamically respond to environmental trajectories.</jats:p>

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e-pub ahead of print date: 19 March 2024

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Local EPrints ID: 488609
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/488609
ISSN: 1544-9173
PURE UUID: 3c221254-cdb5-429d-816f-9a3ecbc48d54
ORCID for Gavin L. Foster: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-9668
ORCID for Tessa M. Page: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5575-7049

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Date deposited: 27 Mar 2024 17:54
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:13

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Author: Heidi L. Burdett
Author: Rebecca Albright
Author: Gavin L. Foster ORCID iD
Author: Tali Mass
Author: Tessa M. Page ORCID iD
Author: Buki Rinkevich
Author: Verena Schoepf
Author: Jacob Silverman
Author: Nicholas A. Kamenos

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