A Guide For Desert And Dryland Restoration

 

Book Chapters: Solutions


Chapter 5: Restoration approaches and planning

Chapter 6: Restoration equipment and supplies

Chapter 7: Project management  

Chapter 8: Soil salvage and restoration

Chapter 9: Seed collection, storage and management 

Chapter 10: Container production and planting 

Chapter 11: Direct seeding 

Chapter 12: Water management and irrigation

Chapter 13: Riparian restoration

Chapter 14: Restoration in use

Chapter 15: Restoration monitoring

Chapter 16: The challenge ahead
 

 

THE SPONSOR: SER INTERNATIONAL

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is a non-profit organization infused with the energy of 2300 members – individuals and organizations who are actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair and management of ecosystems through an unusually broad array of experience, knowledge sets and cultural perspectives. They are scientists, planners, administrators, ecological consultants, first peoples, landscape architects, philosophers, teachers, engineers, natural areas managers, writers, growers, community activists, and volunteers, among others.

Founded in 1987, the SER International now boasts members in 37 countries and all 50 US states, with 14 chapters serving regions of North America, England, Europe, Australia and India. Recognized by public and private enterprises as the source for expertise on restoration science, practice and policy, the Society achieves its objectives through cooperation with partner organizations and the work of its worldwide membership. The Society for Ecological Restoration International is a registered not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)3 of the US Internal Revenue Code, and all contributions are fully tax-deductible.

SER International does not itself engage in restoration projects; its mission is:
"to promote ecological restoration as a means of sustaining the diversity of life on Earth and reestablishing an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.".

www.ser.org
 

Book Chapters: problems

 


Chapter 1: Desertification: crisis and opportunity

Chapter 2: Understanding the ecology of arid lands

Chapter  3: The economics and psychology of desertification

Chapter 4: Why the desert can't heal itself - understanding disturbance
 

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