Understanding socio-ecological systems in restoration ecology from local to cosmopolitan and urban areas through evidence-based research

• Grant number: 21/07958-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: December 15, 2021
• End date: December 14, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
• Grantee: João Paulo Romanelli
• Supervisor: Marc William Cadotte
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 19/08533-4 - Understanding ecological and social aspects of restoration actions in tropical regions through systematic reviews and meta-analyses, BP.PD

Abstract

The accountability of ambitious restoration commitments for the next years requires more attention to the equity and priority of new social and human values and renew relationships with nature. To achieve socio-ecological goals in the 'UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration' (2021-2030), ecological restorationists need to cross intellectual and practical bridges beyond primary research through rigorous evidence-based methods, which currently fell short of high-standard and -quality in this field. Instead, evidence reviews are a key mechanism for summarizing extensive, complex and specialized evidence into policy and practice, and in guiding future research. The objectives of this proposal focus on performing rigorous evidence syntheses on novel social-ecological assemblages that can orient attention from local to cosmopolitan and urban socio-ecological systems (SESs), leading to restoration efforts that are not only in natural or protected areas but also in anthropogenic systems that can provide ecosystem services, and where diverse social actors may have different desired restoration outcomes. To achieve this, we will use a range of electronic bibliographic sources and the grey literature, which now makes it possible to measure the effectiveness of restoration actions at achieving both ecological and socio-economic objectives. We propose the developmentof two scientific papers, through which we expect to deliver unprecedented social-ecological restoration outcomes, by incorporating principles and methods of systematic reviews. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROMANELLI, JOAO PAULO; MELI, PAULA; BISPO SANTOS, JOAO PAULO; JACOB, IGOR NOGUEIRA; SOUZA, LUKAS RODRIGUES; RODRIGUES, ANDRE VIEIRA; TREVISAN, DIEGO PERUCHI; HUANG, CHUNBO; ALMEIDA, DANILO R. A.; SILVA, LUIZ G. M.; et al. Biodiversity responses to restoration across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Science of The Total Environment, v. 821, p. 10-pg., 2022-05-15. (21/07958-1, 18/18416-2, 20/08081-3, 19/08533-4, 18/21338-3, 13/50718-5)

PEREIRA GONCALVES, MARIA CAROLINA; ROMANELLI, JOAO PAULO; MOULIN CANSIAN, ANA BARBARA; QUEIROZ PUCCI, EMANOELA FERNANDA; GUIMARAES, JOSE RENATO; TARDIOLI, PAULO WALDIR; SAVILLE, BRADLEY A.. A review on the production and recovery of sugars from lignocellulosics for use in the synthesis of bioproducts. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 186, p. 13-pg., 2022-10-15. (16/10636-8, 21/07958-1, 19/23908-4, 19/08533-4, 21/06525-4)

ROMANELLI, JOAO P.; PIANA, MAX R.; KLAUS, VALENTIN H.; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.; MURCIA, CAROLINA; CARDOU, FRANCOISE; WALLACE, KIRI JOY; ADAMS, CRISTINA; MARTIN, PHILIP A.; BURTON, PHILIP J.; et al. Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, v. N/A, p. 18-pg., 2023-10-09. (13/50718-5, 18/18416-2, 19/08533-4, 21/07958-1, 22/14695-0)