Rebuilding nature: Good practice guidance for ecological restoration
Evidence-based large-scale ecological restoration, underpinned by the re-establishment of ecological processes and ecosystem services, is essential to help meet the unprecedented challenges of biodiversity loss, habitat fragmentation and climate change. We have the chance to take actions now which will affect our lives and the wellbeing of future generations.
To support practitioners and students, CIEEM is delighted to publish the first two of five Overarching Topic guidance documents written by experts in ecological restoration from the UK and Ireland and led by CIEEM’s Ecological Restoration Special Interest Group. The Overarching Topics apply to any ecological restoration project in the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments of the UK and Ireland, and are prefaced by ten good practice principles for ecological restoration, set out in Rebuilding nature: Good practice guidance for ecological restoration.
The Overarching Topics include:
- Integrating Ecosystem Services into Ecological Restoration
- Project Planning and Implementation
- Physical Environment
- Large Scale Nature Recovery and Restoration
- Monitoring
The remaining Overarching Topics will be published soon, and will be followed by habitat specific guidance covering all major terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats in the UK and Ireland. Each document aims to be concise, with links to more detailed information and case studies. Further explanation of the need for guidance and approach taken to its production by the Ecological Restoration SIG can be found here.
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This page was last updated on 3 April 2025.