In a historical moment like what we are experiencing, marked by increasingly serious environmental crisis, it arrives in the bookstore “Restoration to nature”By Roberto Danovaro. The first Italian text dedicated to ecological restoration. A fundamental work to understand how science and action can guide us in the regeneration of ecosystems and biodiversity
A revolutionary approach: between science and society
«The restoration of the environments represents a new discipline capable of integrating ecology with social and economic sciences. However, it is a challenge, since restoring degraded ecosystems requires many skills, just as it happens when taking care of a patient suffering from multiple pathologies», The author writes.
Adding that «In recent years, many countries have allocated important funding for the restoration of damaged ecosystems. These investments will certainly increase in the future, because the European Nature Law Law pushes us to promote the restoration of ecosystems “.
Shock therapy to save a sick planet
The ecological crisis It today requires radical interventions: protecting the environment is no longer enough. How do you cure sick ecosystems, how do woods, rivers, seas and soils regenerate? Danovaro faces these questions with a clear and scientific approach. Nature is like a sick patient, to be cured with targeted and approved strategies.
A book to face the challenge of the century, the environmental one
From 11 April 2025 it is available in the bookstore “Restoring nature. How to tackle the greatest challenge of the century”signed by Roberto Danovaroamong the highest international experts in marine biology and sustainability. It is the first volume in Italian entirely dedicated to ecological restorationan increasingly current discipline in global environmental policies, especially after the approval of the Nature Restoration Law. In the book, the author presents innovative techniques and policies for the restoration of ecosystems, integrating ecology, social sciences and economics.
Restore nature: a guide between science and reality
The preface is signed by Gianfranco Bolognahonorary president of Scientific community of WWF Italia. «I believe it can be said that this is the first volume in Italian to treat the ecology of restoration in a serious and documented way, with popular and engaging cut, profound competence and passion “, These are the words with which the popular and rigorous approach of the text praises.
For the president, Danovaro illustrates how scientific awareness has evolved over the years and shows, with concrete cases, what it means to operate on the field to restore degraded ecosystems, from the coral reef to agricultural soils.
A century of reconciliation with nature
Also James Aronsonof the Missouri Botanical Gardenhighlights in “Restoration to nature” The need to transform the 21st century into an era of recovery and reconciliation with nature. No longer just exploitation of resources but regeneration of the environments To ensure a livable future for all populations of the planet.
«I like to think so as a period of transition from a long phase of culture of domination and the exploitation of natural resources to an era of recovery and reconciliation. Light and strength », It reads in James Aronson’s contribution.
The author: Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro is ecologist and teacher of Marine Ecosystem Restoration at the Polytechnic University of Marche. Created the first degree course in Environmental sustainability In Italy and guided research bodies and national and international scientific societies.
Author of over five hundred publications and coordinator of numerous European projects, he was recognized by Expert Scape as the most influential scientist in the world in the studies on Oceans and Mari for the decade 2010-2020.
“Restoring nature. How to tackle the greatest challenge of the century”: where to find the book
Restoring nature is available in all bookstores and on site of Edizioni Ambiente.