Welcome to a special Earth Day episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast! About Cara Nelson is a Professor of Restoration Ecology and the Chair of the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservationand a leader of the Restoration Thematic Group of theIUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management. Cara has helped develop theguiding principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restorationand she contributed to the paper, “Guiding principles for rewilding,” which appeared inConservation Biology. Topics * Are the terms ecosystem and ecological restoration the same? * The relationship between rewilding and restoration. * Concrete accomplishments so far on the UN Decade. * Key challenges for successful implementation of the UN Decade. * Why principles and standards of practice are needed. Extra Credit * Check out the latest issue of Biohabitats’ free publication, Leaf Litter. * Visit the United Nations Decade on ...