Summary: Welcome to a special Earth Day episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast!<br> <br> About<br> Cara Nelson is a Professor of Restoration Ecology and the Chair of the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the <a href="https://www.cfc.umt.edu/personnel/details.php?ID=1137" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cfc.umt.edu/personnel/details.php?ID%3D1137&source=gmail&ust=1650720903948000&usg=AOvVaw3aaMgGgVMLoWL27SV7Awl0">University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation</a> and a leader of the Restoration Thematic Group of the <a href="https://www.iucn.org/commissions/commission-ecosystem-management/our-work/cems-thematic-groups/restoration" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.iucn.org/commissions/commission-ecosystem-management/our-work/cems-thematic-groups/restoration&source=gmail&ust=1650720903948000&usg=AOvVaw1b5wt8cXkNSGVI73p-Y3hG">IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management</a>. Cara has helped develop the <a href="https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/publications/principles-ecosystem-restoration-guide-united-nations-decade-2021-2030" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/publications/principles-ecosystem-restoration-guide-united-nations-decade-2021-2030&source=gmail&ust=1650720903948000&usg=AOvVaw2opD9XVG79tP6j8LckqfVl">guiding principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration</a> and she contributed to the paper, “<a href="https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13730" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13730&source=gmail&ust=1650720903949000&usg=AOvVaw0HheFoLY0IxDV14ToWF6Rs">Guiding principles for rewilding</a>,” which appeared in Conservation Biology.<br> Topics<br> <br> * Are the terms ecosystem and ecological restoration the same?<br> * The relationship between rewilding and restoration.<br> * Concrete accomplishments so far on the UN Decade.<br> * Key challenges for successful implementation of the UN Decade.<br> * Why principles and standards of practice are needed.<br> <br> Extra Credit<br> <br> * Check out the latest issue of <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com/">Biohabitats’</a> free publication, <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com/newsletter/ecological-restoration-where-it-has-been-and-where-it-is-going/in-this-issue/">Leaf Litter</a>.<br> * Visit the <a href="https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/">United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration website</a><br> * Learn more about Biohabitats’ <a href="https://www.biohabitats.com/project/beaver-creek-restoration/">Beaver Creek Restoration project</a><br> * Download “<a href="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UN-principles-for-ecosystem-restoration-United-Nations-Decade-2021-2030.pdf">Principles for Ecosystem Restoration To Guide the United Nations Decade 2021-2030</a>“<br> * Read “<a href="https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13730">Guiding Principles for Rewilding</a>” at Society for Conservation Biology<br> <br> Welcome to a special Earth Day episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast!<br> <br> About<br> Cara Nelson is a Professor of Restoration Ecology and the Chair of the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the <a href="https://www.cfc.umt.edu/personnel/details.php?ID=1137" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cfc.umt.edu/personnel/details.php?ID%3D1137&source=gmail&ust=1650720903948000&usg=AOvVaw3aaMgGgVMLoWL27SV7Awl0">University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation</a> and a leader of the Restoration Thematic Group of the <a href="https://www..."></a>
