Scientific Discourses About Ecological Restoration in Mexico

Abstract

In the present time, ecological restoration is considered a priority facing the global environmental crisis. Despite the importance of scientific narratives in the development of this field, the analysis of its constructions has been neglected. This text analyzes the notions of ecological restoration within the Mexican scientific community, from the perspective of social science and the analysis of discourses. The findings show that the notions are the result of the articulation of different ways of understanding nature, human societies, and the relationships between them, to build a role of ecology in society as guidance in the construction of such relationships; particularly, from the ways in which nature is valued and conceived. Strengthening the legitimacy and epistemic authority of ecology is part of this process.