Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE/CNRS-U.M.R. 5175), Montpellier, France.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Jan;1185:225-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05281.x.
The world's large and rapidly growing human population is exhausting Earth's natural capital at ever-faster rates, and yet appears mostly oblivious to the fact that these resources are limited. This is dangerous for our well-being and perhaps for our survival, as documented by numerous studies over many years. Why are we not moving instead toward sustainable levels of use? We argue here that this disconnection between our knowledge and our actions is largely caused by three "great divides": an ideological divide between economists and ecologists; an economic development divide between the rich and the poor; and an information divide, which obstructs communications between scientists, public opinion, and policy makers. These divides prevent our economies from responding effectively to urgent signals of environmental and ecological stress. The restoration of natural capital (RNC) can be an important strategy in bridging all of these divides. RNC projects and programs make explicit the multiple and mutually reinforcing linkages between environmental and economic well-being, while opening up a promising policy road in the search for a sustainable and desirable future for global society. The bridge-building capacity of RNC derives from its double focus: on the ecological restoration of degraded, overexploited natural ecosystems, and on the full socio-economic and ecological interface between people and their environments.
世界上庞大且快速增长的人口正以前所未有的速度消耗着地球的自然资本，然而，大多数人似乎没有意识到这些资源是有限的。正如多年来的大量研究所记录的那样，这对我们的福祉甚至生存都是危险的。那么，为什么我们没有朝着可持续的使用水平前进呢？我们在这里认为，这种我们的知识和行动之间的脱节主要是由三个“巨大鸿沟”造成的：经济学家和生态学家之间的意识形态鸿沟；富人和穷人之间的经济发展鸿沟；以及信息鸿沟，它阻碍了科学家、公众舆论和政策制定者之间的沟通。这些鸿沟阻碍了我们的经济对环境和生态压力的紧急信号做出有效反应。自然资本恢复（RNC）可以成为弥合所有这些鸿沟的重要策略。RNC 项目和计划明确了环境和经济福祉之间的多重相互强化联系，同时在为全球社会寻求可持续和理想的未来的过程中开辟了一条有希望的政策道路。RNC 的桥梁建设能力源于其双重关注：对退化、过度开发的自然生态系统的生态恢复，以及人与自然环境之间的充分社会经济和生态界面。
