By David J Tongway
- an define of a science-based, ecologically sound method of restoration
- discussion of the conceptual framework and rigorous ideas that underlie the approach
- case stories of 2 different types of recovery tasks (restoring mined landscapes and restoring broken rangelands) that illustrate how the technique, framework, and 4 key ideas for restoring landscapes were implemented
- a number of situations that symbolize common recovery difficulties and the way these difficulties might be handled
- indicators for tracking and the way panorama functionality should be tracked and analyzed as a part of a complete tracking program.
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