About the Ecological Health Network

The Ecological Health Network, founded in 2017, is a nonprofit organization, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. We are registered with the IRS as a 501-c-3 organization. Our EIN is 85-3484507.

In our understanding, ecological restoration is the process of fostering a diverse and resilient social-ecological assemblage of flora, fauna and soils, and resident  human population with the goal of improving and maintaining both human and ecosystem health and wellbeing. The goal of the Ecological Health Network (EHN) is to foster a rapid increase in the amount and the effectiveness of ecological restoration throughout the world. We encourage restoration activities using native species and Indigenous and local traditional knowledge and know-how. EHN is catalyzing self-organizing alliances and networks of sites and hubs that collectively address gaps in knowledge, research, practice, education, and outreach.

Combining social, economic, and ecological perspectives, the Ecological Health Network primarily focuses bioregional, interdisciplinary and inter-professional network building to address the inter-related knowledge gaps concerning soil and ecosystem responses to restoration interventions and the impacts of restoration on both ecosystem health and human health.

Among our member sites and hubs, many different forms of restorative actions are being implemented and investigated. In some cases, scientific work is being carried out at the sites and in others that demanding and time-consuming activity remains to be undertaken in the future. Educational work is a complement at most of the sites.