Database outcomes systematic review on participatory restoration ecology scenarios

Large-scale ecological restoration is crucial for effective biodiversity conservation and combating climate change. However, perspectives on the goals and values of restoration are highly diverse, as are the different approaches to restoration e.g., ranging from the restoration of cultural ecosystems to rewilding. We assess how the future of nature is envisioned in participatory scenarios, focusing on which elements of rewilding and nature contributions to people have been considered in scenario narratives across Europe. We use the Nature Futures Framework to study how different perspectives on the the relationship of people with nature are captured in participatory scenarios. We found that a range of material, regulating and non-materical benefits were well represented in participatory scenarios. The different ecological aspects of rewilding were also present in many participatory scenarios, but not as well represented as nature contributions to people. Nature as culture was  the main ...