What is Ecological Restoration?

Some Definitions and Practices:

Society for Ecological Restoration (SER): "Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed."

https://www.ser-rrc.org/what-is-ecological-restoration/

RAE Coastal Restoration Toolkit - "Take Action to Restore Our Coastlines"

https://restoreyourcoast.org

US Army Corps - Engineering With Nature (EWN) Initiative: 

"International Guidelines On Natural And Nature-Based Features For Flood Risk Management"

https://ewn.erdc.dren.mil/international-guidelines-on-natural-and-nature-based-features-for-flood-risk-management/

NOAA Restoration Center - "NOAA Restoration Center staff are experts in restoration, working with partners to help fish thrive."

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/habitat-conservation/how-we-restore

https://www.noaa.gov/topic-tags/coastal-restoration

EPA Wetlands protection and restoration - "restoration requires one or more of the following processes: reconstruction of antecedent physical conditions; chemical adjustment of the soil and water; and biological manipulation, including the reintroduction of absent native flora and fauna."

https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wetlands-restoration-definitions-and-distinctions

A research project of the Center for Plant Restoration and Coastal Plant Research - https://sites.google.com/site/coastalplantrestoration/