Rehabilitating Damaged Ecosystems Second Edition

John Cairns, Jr. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

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Cat. #: L1043 ISBN: 1566700434 Publication Date: 12/27/1994 Number of Pages: 448

Built on a strong foundation in restoration ecology, this unique handbook provides practitioners, academics, and managers with vital tools needed to plan for ecosystem conservation, to restore degraded ecosystems, to make cost-effective restoration decisions, and to understand important legal issues. Rehabilitation of Damaged Ecosystems, Second Edition boasts three completely new chapters and five major chapter revisions. Coastal wetlands restoration, watershed rehabilitation and management, mined land reclamation, revegetation of disturbed ecosystems, and river and stream restoration are only a few of the critical topics explored in this timely reference handbook.

This Second Edition provides valuable, reliable data as well as practical methods and techniques for the ongoing fight to protect natural resources and restore damaged ecosystems.

• Three new chapters and five major revisions Presents numerous techniques and methods for ecosystem restoration
• Covers regulatory, legal, and economic considerations not addressed elsewhere
• Provides important guidance for selecting cost-effective ecosystem restoration options