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18indicators of successAccording to the Society for Ecological Restoration International Science and Policy Working Group, anecosystem has recovered and is restored when:1. It contains sufficient biotic and abiotic resources to continue its development without further assistance orsubsidy.2. It is suitably integrated into a larger ecological matrix, landscape, or contiguous ecosystems, with which itinteracts in terms of biotic and abiotic flows and cultural interactions.3. It contains a characteristic assemblage of the species that occur in the reference ecosystem and thatprovide appropriate community structure.4. It consists of indigenous species to the greatest practicable extent.5. All functional groups necessary for the continued development and/or stability are represented or, if theyare not, the missing groups have the potential to colonize by natural means (corridors, river systems, rowof trees).6. The physical environment of the restored ecosystem is capable of sustaining reproducing populations ofthe species necessary for its continued stability or development along the desired path.7. Potential threats to the health and integrity of the restored ecosystem from the surrounding landscapehave been eliminated or reduced as much as possible.8. The restored ecosystem is self-sustaining to the same degree as its reference ecosystem, and has thepotential to persist indefinitely under existing environmental conditions. Nevertheless, aspects of itsbiodiversity, structure and functioning may change as part of normal ecosystem development, and mayfluctuate in response to normal periodic stress and occasional disturbance events of greater consequence.As in any intact ecosystem, the species composition and other attributes of a restored ecosystem mayevolve as environmental conditions change.Too often, reforestation projects … become dominated by numerical targets and quotas, with ‘success’ measured interms of seedlings planted, rather than forest established.~ Richard T. Corlett, The Ecology of Tropical East Asia
19How many key species can a rainforest lose before orderbecomes chaos, before the community collapses in anavalanche of extinctions?~ George Schaller, A Naturalist and Other Beasts
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