Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation

Laurent Godet is a CNRS researcher at Nantes University, France. As a biogeographer, his research focuses on anthropization and its impacts on the spatial distribution of biodiversity from local to national scales.Simon Dufour is a research professor at the University of Rennes 2, France. As a geographer, his research focuses on the mapping, dynamics and renaturation of river landscapes.Anne-Julia Rollet is a research professor at the University of Rennes 2, France. As a geographer and hydrogeomorphologist, her research focuses on the physical functioning and management of watercourses.All three are members of the LETG laboratory (UMR 6554).

• Part 1. Defining Baselines1. Temporal Baselines: Finding a Tipping Point in the Past by Laurent Godet, Simon Dufour, Anne-Julia Rollet and Armelle Decaulne2. Spatial Baselines: Is Going Elsewhere Easier Than Going Back in Time by Anne-Julia Rollet, Simon Dufour and Armelle Decaulne3. Mapping What is Left of Nature by Laurent Godet and Adrien Geutté4. The Baseline: A Social Construction by Clémence Moreau, Cécile Barnaud and Raphaël MathevetPart 2. Using Baselines to Conserve Nature5. Rewilding by the Return of Ghosts of the Past by Laurent Godet6. Spontaneous Rewilding through Land Abandonment by Adrien Guetté and Jonathan Carruthers-Jones7. Geoprospective: Looking for Potential Scenarios by Thomas Houet8. The Place of Ecological Knowledge in Policies for Ecological Neutrality: No Net Loss and Biodiversity Offsetting by Coralie CalvetPart 3. Examples of the Use of Baselines9. The Variability of Baselines Mobilized in Littoral Protected Areas: The Anthropocene as a Dividing Line? By Vincent Andreu-Boussut and Céline Chadenas10. Baselines and French Forests by Damien Marage11. How Can We Maintain Traditional Agro-Pastoral Landscapes? By David Montembault