Management of Natural Ecosystems

Management of Natural Ecosystems

Review and analysis of research related to the concepts of ecosystem and restoration in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD. Student, Ecosystem Restoration, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad., Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
Ecosystem restoration is based on the peaceful relationship between man and nature. According to Iran's climate, the existence of diverse ecosystems and human destructions, ecosystem restoration's science is great opportunity to compensate, reduce and eliminate the damages inflicted on nature. The current study consists of two parts. The first part focuses on identify factors and ecosystem restoration's indicators through qualitative meta-analysis and content analysis. The second part is a systematic study on the Extractive effective words from the articles and the construction of concepts related to ecosystem restoration in order to achieve sustainable development in the form of dynamic butterfly-structura's model and also the stepped model of ecosystem restoration management. The collected data were analyzed using Excel, Powerpoint, Maxqda and Vensim. According to the results of ecosystem restoration, ecosystem restoration has been of interest in Iran 13years before the announcement of the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration by the United Nations, and it has taken an upward trend in recent years. By expressing all the words related to ecosystem restoration, the words cloud emphasizes the importance of the ecosystem restoration's science, and through concepts, it has designed a restoration's management pattern based on the intensity of ecosystem's destruction. Through the biological butterfly's model, 6important factors were identified, which considers the ecosystem restoration' goals to be consistent with sustainable development. The classification related to the goods and services of Iran's natural ecosystems was determined that 4main classifications are recognized as a global standard, although in this study, a more consistent classification is presented. Diverse ecosystems in Iran were also collected in 5classifications with different biomes compared to other world ecosystems. The present study emphasizes the importance of ecosystem restoration and for the first time talks about Iran's environmental action for global solidarity. Therefore, the most important achievement of this research is the common understanding of the ecosystem restoration's importance in Iran among different strata of people and all specialists in this study's field and other fields.
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  • Receive Date 16 April 2024
  • Revise Date 17 June 2024
  • Accept Date 19 June 2024