Ecological Restoration Law Concepts and Case Studies

Ecological restoration is as essential as sustainable development for the health of the biosphere. Restoration, however, has been a low priority of most countries' environmental laws, which tend to focus narrowly on rehabilitation of small, discrete sites rather than the more ambitious recovery of entire ecosystems and landscapes. Through critical theoretical perspectives and topical case studies, this book's diverse contributors explore a more ambitious agenda for ecological restoration law. Not only do they investigate current laws and other governance mechanisms; they alsoconsider the philosophical and methodological bases for the law to take ecological restoration more seriously. Through exploration of themes relating to time, space, geography, semiotics, social justice, and scientific knowledge, this book offers innovative and critical insights into ecological restoration law.

List of contributors1.Ecological Restoration in the AnthropoceneAfshin Akhtar-Khavari and Benjamin J. RichardsonPart 1Concepts of Ecological Restoration Law2.The Social Life of Plants and Trees and the Limits of Environmental Law’s Recovery ImaginationAfshin Akhtar-Khavari3. Timescapes of Ecological RestorationBenjamin J. Richardson4. The Story of Stewardship and Ecological RestorationEmily Barritt5. Ecological Reconciliation on Private Agricultural Land: Moving Beyond the Human–Nature Binary in Property-Environment ContestsRobyn Bartel and Nicole Graham6.Linking Restoration Science and LawAn Cliquet and Kris Decleer7. Green Financing of Ecosystem RestorationFroukje Maria PlatjouwPart 2Case Studies of Ecological Restoration Law8. Legal Considerations when Operationalizing Eco-restoration within the European Union: A Sisyphean Task or Unlocking Existing Potential?Hendrik Schoukens9. Public Participation and Socio-Economic Justice in Eco-restoration Law and Governance: The UN Environment – Ogoniland Case StudyUzuazo Etemire and Menes Abinami Muzan10. MotivatingEcological Restoration by Private Landowners through Special Purpose DistrictsAnastasia Telesetsky11. Reconstructing the Environment: Perception and Changes in Australia's Murray-Darling River BasinFrancine Rochford12. Reforming Restoration to Support Climate Change AdaptationPhillipa McCormackIndex

Professor Afshin Akhtar-Khavari is at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.Professor Benjamin J. Richardson is based at the University of Tasmania, Australia.