Abstract
While ecological rehabilitation is improving rapidly, the transfer and implementation of its techniques are still sparse, and notably in environments where consistent interactions with human communities require the appropriation and adoption of new intervention methods. How can we overcome the existing resistance of decision-makers, and win acceptance on proposed innovative and technical solutions? This paper falls at the convergence of ecological rehabilitation and socio cognitive psychology. It builds on the learning provided by social and cognitive psychology and intends to reconcile the environmental priorities with the perceptions and expectations of human communities. It presents a parallel analysis of the methodological approaches adopted in both ecological rehabilitations when dealing with degraded ecosystems, and socio cognitive psychology when dealing with communities aiming to enable optimal ecosystem rehabilitation. The paper concludes on the importance of cross disciplinary approaches enabling to concile ecosystems needs with the expectations and specificities of target communities.
Highlights
While ecological rehabilitation is improving rapidly, the transfer and implementation of its techniques are still sparse, and notably in environments where consistent interactions with human communities require the appropriation and adoption of new intervention methods
If as confirmed in Roberts et al [1], the future of our planet largely depends on our ability to mitigate and correct the effect of global change, which in turn requires the mastering of the “young discipline” that is ecological restoration, it is our duty to invest in the preservation and improvement of ecosystem services, ecological connectivity and biological cycles that rely on the functioning of corrupted ecosystems
It becomes more pressing to take into consideration the diversity of human communities who have different visions and different expectations and perceptions which leads to the necessity to adapt intervention methods and approaches in the proposal and implementation of ecological rehabilitation projects
Summary
While ecological rehabilitation is improving rapidly, the transfer and implementation of its techniques are still sparse, and notably in environments where consistent interactions with human communities require the appropriation and adoption of new intervention methods. It becomes more pressing to take into consideration the diversity of human communities who have different visions and different expectations and perceptions which leads to the necessity to adapt intervention methods and approaches in the proposal and implementation of ecological rehabilitation projects.
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