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Restoration/Rehabilitation of Degraded Wetland Ecosystems

Ecosystem restoration projects require planning and monitoring to maximize project success relative to costs, yet many projects completed thus far have been planned on an adhoc, consensus basis and are virtually ignored after revegetation at the site is complete.

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Monitoring and adaptive management of restoration projects after implementation of the design is needed in the final stages. Effective planning is critical for restoration projects (such as wetland restoration projects) to maximize the overall success of restoration efforts and minimize costs (Hobbs and Norton, 1996). Yozzo et al. (1996) describe important ecological processes and key variables that should be considered when restoring aquatic habitats such ...
... stated objectives. Second, monitoring allows evaluation of the effectiveness of specific wetland restoration methods or techniques. The performance indicators (i.e. the structural or functional elements of the wetland ecosystem that are to be used to judge the success of the project) should be linked to project objectives within the context of known attributes of regional reference wetland ecosystems. Multiple performance indicators should be used to minimize the risk of missing important ecological effects of the project.

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