摘要：Using a simple stages model of the policy process, we explore the politics of ecological restoration using an arrayof examples drawn across sector, different size and scale, and from different countries. A policy analysis perspective revealshow, at both the program and project levels, ecological restoration operates within a complex and dynamic interplay betweentechnical decision making, ideologies, and interest politics. Viewed through the stages model, restoration policy involvesnegotiating nature across stages in the policy making process, including agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation,and evaluation. The stages model is a useful heuristic devise; however, this linear model assumes that policy makers approachthe issue rationally. In practice, ecological restoration policy takes place in the context of different distributions of power betweenthe various public and private actors involved at the different stages of restoration policy making. This allows us to reiterate thepoint that ecological restoration is best seen not only as a technical task but as a social and political project
关键词：ecological restoration; interests and values; policy cycle; stages model
