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SCIENCE
Volume 325, Issue 5944, Pages 1121-1124Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172460
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- European Communitys Sixth Framework Programme [032132]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Education [CGL2007-60533-BOS]
- Madrid Government [S-0505/AMB/0355]
- U.K. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [C03513]
- Natural Environment Research Council [CEH010021] Funding Source: researchfish
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Ecological restoration is widely used to reverse the environmental degradation caused by human activities. However, the effectiveness of restoration actions in increasing provision of both biodiversity and ecosystem services has not been evaluated systematically. A meta-analysis of 89 restoration assessments in a wide range of ecosystem types across the globe indicates that ecological restoration increased provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 44 and 25%, respectively. However, values of both remained lower in restored versus intact reference ecosystems. Increases in biodiversity and ecosystem service measures after restoration were positively correlated. Results indicate that restoration actions focused on enhancing biodiversity should support increased provision of ecosystem services, particularly in tropical terrestrial biomes.
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