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Global Arid Zone Project – Progress in global dryland restoration
Abstract:Drylands are some of the most difficult areas to restore, but paradoxically have only seen a small fraction of terrestrial ecology (6%) and restoration (<5%) studies. The Global Arid Zone Project, first conceived in 2018 and launched later that year, is aimed at building a continuously growing restoration tool that collates existing data into a usable data center. By compiling a unique global database on dryland ecosystem restoration, we hope to provide the ability to explore drivers of restoration success at an unprecedented scale. Here, we present the first analysis of the database. Our results were assembled from datasets across 174 sites on six continents, encompassing 594,065 observations of 671 plant species. Findings provide reason for optimism. Seeding in drylands had a clear positive impact on the presence of plant species. However, dryland restoration is also a risky proposition: 17% of the projects completely failed, with no establishment of any seeded species, and consistent declines were found in seeded species as projects matured. We also focus in on North American drylands, assessing changes in success through time, evolutions in seed mix design, and overarching patterns of native versus exotic seed success.
Resource Type:Conference Presentation, SER2021Publication Date: SER2021
Pre-approved for CECs under SER's CERP program
Plenary. Stefan Leiner
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W6.1 Education and Training in Ecological Restoration: Restoring hope – opportunities for international and inter-generational knowledge exchange
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W4. Rewilding: challenges and opportunities
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Plenary 2. The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: an opportunity to upscale restoration and to share good practices in Europe by 2030
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S5. Restoration Monitoring
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Plenary 3. The European Green Deal and Systemic approaches to Nature Restoration
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S1.1 Restoration measures for landscape connectivity and implementation of Green Infrastructure
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S1.2 Restoration measures for landscape connectivity and implementation of Green Infrastructure
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Plenary 4. Scaling up action for resilient wetland landscapes.
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S15. Management and Policy in Restoration.
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S13. Dryland Restoration.
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Plenary 5. Past, present and future directions in marine restoration
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Plenary 6. Closing plenary. Ecological Connectivity in the Spotlight of the Restoration Agenda.
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S9. Large-scale rewilding across Europe – Can we overcome challenges to achieve a historic opportunity?
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SERE Membership Meeting
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S7. Restoration in Wetlands.
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S11. Response to Risks and Disturbances
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W10. The LIFE programme: Practical examples of EU funding supporting Nature Restoration
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W6.2 Education and Training in Ecological Restoration: Restoring hope – opportunities for international and inter-generational knowledge exchange
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E3. Sylvestris: Carbon offsetting through reforestation. How can society enable a great opportunity for sparsely populated areas
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E8. SER: International Principles and Standards for the Ecological Restoration and Recovery of Mine Sites
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E9. Presentation of SERIAC, the new Iberoamerican and Caribbean chapter of the SER
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E12. Struggling for climate neutrality in Europe: carbon sequestration as an opportunity for large scale restoration of agricultural soils
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E1. Commonland. Landscape Restoration as a means of delivering the EU Green Deal: Recommendations
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E5. Land Life: examples and challenges in nature restoration through Voluntary Carbon Markets
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E7. CEMBUREAU’s vision for biodiversity in and around quarries over the coming decades
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E6. Ecoembes. “Los Sistemas Colectivos de Responsabilidad Ampliada del Productor (SCRAP) y las experiencias de restauración ecológica”
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S2.1 Forest regrowth after land abandonment in Europe: extent, threats, and opportunities.
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S2.2 Forest regrowth after land abandonment in Europe: extent, threats, and opportunities
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