 Developing a restoration narrative: A pathway towards system-wide healing and a restorative cultureJames Blignaut and James Aronson Ecological Economics, 2020, vol. 168, issue C Abstract: The current generation of Homo sapiens is paying the bill for the foolishness of, among other things, the Ceteris paribus assumption which postulates that natural capital is infinite and the quality thereof constant. The outcome is an unprecedented ecological overshoot as well as rapid and widespread degradation and fragmentation of both ecological and social systems. Despite their international commitments, few nations currently pay more than lip-service to invest in the widely acknowledged need ö from economic as well as ecological perspectives ö to invest more heavily to assist the restoration and recovery of degraded ecosystems almost everywhere. There is good evidence from eight recently published meta-analyses of ecological restoration work done at over 1 400 sites, that show that human societies clearly benefit economically from ecological restoration and allied activities. Perversely ö or predictably ö global society’s indifference to or denial of this reality is short-sighted in the extreme, and flagrantly neglectful of future generations of all life on earth. Keywords: Ceteris paribus; Natural capital; Restoration narrative; Restorative culture; System-wide healing; Wicked systems (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:168:y:2020:i:c:s0921800919309127 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106483 Access Statistics for this article Ecological Economics is currently edited by C. J. Cleveland More articles in Ecological Economics from Elsevier |
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