Restoration

I am the project coordinator and a researcher on the project "Ecosystem restoration in policy and practice: restore, develop, adapt" which is known as RESTORE for short. The project is funded by the Swedish Research Council FORMAS, Umeå University, and Swedish Agricultural University.

My research primarily focuses on the reintroduction of beaver in Sweden in the early 20th century and 21st century reintroduction of beaver in the UK.

Publications

“What's history got to do with it? A response to Seddon’s definition of reintroduction”

Restoration Ecology 19 (Nov 2011): 705-708 Online

Abstract: A 2010 article in Restoration Ecology by Philip Seddon aims at unraveling the definitions of various types of species translocations—from reintroductions to assisted colonization—and points out the slippery slope of misused words. I argue here that defining reintroduction is not as straightforward as Seddon presents it. Commonly used definitions of what constitutes a reintroduction all include some reference to “historical” conditions, but what exactly that encompasses is left open. I examine two parts of the reintroduction confusion: first, how the guidance documents and laws define reintroduction and second, how these definitions might be interpreted when reintroductions are presented in public forums. Rather than moving away from reintroductions toward interventions of other names, I encourage scientists to use a broad definition of reintroduction presented by the IUCN to open up reintroduction as a viable label for bringing a species back to an area regardless of when it was previously there or why it became extinct.

Conference/Seminar Papers

"Rightful return: Animal reintroduction, human history, and moral obligation," prepared for The Environmental Humanities: Cultural Perspectives on Nature and the Environment symposium, 14-15 October 2011

"Busy beavers: Restoration of cultural and natural heritage in Sweden," roundtable discussion at ASEH 2012 meeting