The Place of Natural Values, Ecology and Technology in Restoration Policy

生态重建是指人类试图将自然环境恢复到人类干扰之前的状态。有越来越多的恢复工作正在进行中;在太平洋西北部的地理层面上转向生态恢复是世界上最大的努力。然而，科学家们已经表明，很少有可能知道这些网站可能看起来像什么，或者它们是如何运作的。因此，恢复政策属于“瞬时科学”的范畴，涉及事实和价值的混合。恢复价值观的影响的理解将增加有效和负责任的恢复策略的进步和发展。该项目将评估自然价值、科学和技术在恢复政策制定中的地位。研究人员将研究两个研究问题的中心问题的大规模生态恢复发生在太平洋西北地区。首先，目前参与大规模恢复工作的个人和机构的具体价值观和道德立场是什么？其次，科学决策在生态修复中有何作用？研究人员推测，参与者恢复严重受损的生态系统和野生物种的能力取决于他们对景观的集体和共同价值观，他们在其中的地位感，他们与自然的关系，以及他们对科学和技术恢复生态系统能力的信念。调查将采用文件分析和调查问卷，参与恢复工作的人在北极西北部，制定个人和机构的取向，以潜在的恢复价值的范围配置文件。分析将通过对三个大规模恢复工作的比较案例研究来扩展。研究结果将通过报告和期刊文章在学术和专业受众中传播。

Ecological restorations involve human attempts to return physical sites to some state preceding some human disturbances. There are more and more restoration efforts underway; a shift to ecological restoration at the biogeographical level in the Pacific Northwest represents the largest effort in the world. However, scientists have shown it is rarely possible to know what these sites may have looked like or how they function. Restoration policy then lies in the domain of `transcience,` involving the intermingling of facts and values. An understanding of the influence of restoration values will add to the advancement and development of effective and responsible restoration strategies. This project will assess the place of natural values, science, and technology in restoration policy development. The researchers will examine two research questions central to the issue of large scale ecological restoration taking place in the Pacific Northwest. First, what are the specific values and ethical positions of individuals and institutions currently involved in large scale restoration efforts? Second, what is the role of scientific decision-making in ecological restoration? The investigators speculate that the capability of participants to restore severely damaged ecosystems and wild species is predicated on collective and shared values about the landscape, their sense of place in it, their perceived relationship to nature, and their beliefs in the ability of science and technology to restore ecosystems. The investigation will employ both document analysis and a survey questionnaire to persons involved in restoration efforts in the Pacitic Northwest, to develop profiles of individual and institutional orientations to the range of potential restoration values. The analysis will be extended by comparative case study of three large-scale restoration efforts. Results will be disseminated among scholarly and professional audiences in presentations and journal articles.