RESTORING NATURAL CAPITAL:
SCIENCE, BUSINESS AND PRACTICE
James Aronson, Suzanne J. Milton and James N. Blignaut, eds.
PrefaceAronson, Milton & Blignaut
ForewordRaven
PART I: RESTORING NATURAL CAPITAL: THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE
Introduction to Part IBlignaut, Aronson &
Milton
Chapter 1Restoring natural capital: Definition and rationaleAronson, Milton &
Blignaut
Chapter 2Restoring natural capital: A reflection on ethicsBlignaut, Aronson, Archer,Clewell,
Woodworth & Desai
Chapter 3Restoring natural capital: An ecological economics
assessment Farley & Gaddis
Chapter 4Restoring natural capital: A mainstream economic
perspectiveFigueroa
Chapter 5 Assessing and restoring natural capital across scales:
Lessonsfrom the Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentNorgaard, Barnard &
Lavelle
Chapter 6Assessing the loss in natural capital: A biodiversity
intactness indexBiggs & Scholes
PART II:RESTORING NATURAL CAPITAL: EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS
Introduction to Part IIMilton, Aronson &
Blignaut
Targets
Chapter 7Setting appropriate restoration targets for changed ecosystems
in the Semi-arid Karoo, South AfricaDean & Roche
Chapter 8Targeting sustainable options forrestoringnatural capital
inMadagascarHolloway
Chapter 9Landscape function as atarget to restoring natural capital
in semi-arid AustraliaTongway & Ludwig
Chapter 10Genetic integrity as a target for natural capital restoration:
A decision framework for weighing the costs and benefits Waters, Young &
Crosthwaite
Approaches
Chapter 11Restoring and maintaining natural capital in thePacific
Northwest, USACarey
Chapter 12Restoring and maintaining natural capital reconnects
people to their natural heritage: TiritiriMatangiIsland,
New ZealandCraig & Vesely
Chapter 13Restoring forage grass to support the pastoral economy
of arid PatagoniaAguiar & Román
Chapter 14A community approach to restore natural capital: The
Wildwood Project, ScotlandMcGhee
Chapter 15An adaptive co-management approach to restoring natural
capital in communal areas ofSouth AfricaFabricius & Cundill
Chapter 16Participatory use of traditional ecological knowledge for
restoring natural capital in agro-ecosystems of rural IndiaRamakrishnan
Chapter 17Overcoming obstacles to restoring natural capital:
Large-scale restoration on the Sacramento RiverLangridge, Buckley
Holl
Chapter 18An approach to quantify the economic value of restoring
natural capital restoration: A case from South Africa Blignaut & Loxton
Economic opportunities: Case studies
Chapter 19Capturing the economic benefits from restoring natural
capital in transformed tropical forests Schuyt, Mansourian, Roscher & Rambeloarisoa
Chapter 20Restoring natural forests to make medicinal barkharvesting
sustainable in South AfricaGeldenhuys
Chapter 21Assessing costs, benefits and feasibility of restoring
natural capital in subtropical thicket in South AfricaMills, Turpie, Cowling,
Marais, Kerley, Lechmere-Oertel, Sigwela & Powell
Chapter 22Costs and benefits of restoring natural capital following
alien plant invasions in fynbos ecosystem in South
AfricaHolmes, Richardson &
Marais
Chapter 23Return of natural, social and financial capital to the hole
left by miningVan Eeden, Lubke &
Haarhoff
Chapter 24Protecting andrestoring natural capital in New York
City’s Watersheds to safeguard waterEllimanBerry
Chapter 25Making the restoration of natural capital profitable on
private land: Koa forestryon Hawaii IslandPejchar, Goldstein &
Daily
PART III:RESTORING NATURAL CAPITAL: TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
Introduction to Part IIIAronson, Milton &
Blignaut
Valuation
Chapter 26Valuing natural capital and the costs and benefits of
restorationRees, Farley,Vesely & de
Groot
Chapter 27A decision analysis framework for proposal evaluation
of natural capital restorationYoung, Hajkowicz,
Gaddis & de Groot
Local and landscape levels
Chapter 28Overcoming physical and biological obstacles to restoring
natural capitalHoll, Pejchar &
Whisenant
Chapter 29Overcoming socio-economic obstacles to restoring natural
capitalMarais, Woodworth, de Wit, Craig, Holl & Gouza
Global level
Chapter 30Overcoming obstacles at a global scale to restore natural
capitalScholes, Biggs, Gaddis &
Holl
Chapter 31Managingour global footprint through the restoration
of natural capital at aglobal scaleFarley, Gaddis, Rees
Van Dis
Policies and institutions
Chapter 32Making restoration work: Financial mechanismsDe Groot, De Wit, Gaddis,
McGhee, Kousky &
Young
Chapter 33Making restoration work: Non-monetary mechanisms McGhee,de Groot,
Bowers,Miller
Craig
PART IV:SYNTHESIS
Chapter 34Mainstreaming the restoration of natural capital: A conceptual
and operationalframeworkCowling, Pierce &
Sigwela
Chapter 35Restoring natural capital towards a better futureMilton, Aronson &
Blignaut
REFERENCES
EDITORS & CONTRIBUTORS BIOS
GLOSSARY
INDEX