This month the National Science Foundation gave out its first award for restoration research. The competition is now a permanent part of the NSF budget, with an annual deadline in September. Nevertheless, restoration biology still has a long way to go before it catches up with its companion disciplines, ecology and conservation biology. But anything with a research component . . . Along with Ewel's proposal to study diversity and plant longevity in reconstructed tropical ecosystems, NSF also funded 15 projects in conservation biology.
Preservation is a better thing.
He and others generally frown on the practice of creating a wetland at the expense of a natural one, even though many restorationists make their living at it. What matters most, they say, is stemming the loss of species and habitats. That's not a nightmare I want to live with. Inc. All rights reserved. We welcome your opinion.