Reversing the spiraling trajectory of ecological degradation requires a profound paradigm shift that more explicitly links human and ecosystem health. Human health, as used here, includes well-being and livelihoods, which are largely determined by socio-cultural, economic, and environmental drivers. Ecological restoration and related restorative activities can contribute substantially to human health. However, restoration projects differ widely and health impacts can be difficult to quantify. Interdisciplinary restoration networks are important for investigating the complex socio-cultural, economic, and environmental dynamics that characterize restoration practice and related health outcomes. We present the Four Islands EcoHealth Network (FIEN) as an exemplar for establishing interdisciplinary project connectivity to clarify intersections between ecosystem restoration and human health. FIEN is a cooperative regional restoration network within Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand which aims to research and devise strategies for restoration to simultaneously improve human health and repair native ecosystems. FIEN will operate collaboratively at local and regional scales to expand interdisciplinary research and outreach by linking research with experience-based and Traditional Ecological Knowledge-based restoration activities. The group's primary focus is value-adding to the efforts of its constituent organizations by sharing expertise and methodologies to enable large-scale analysis and comparison across adjacent regions, ultimately disseminating collective results through impactful science communication. We consider explicitly linking human and ecosystem health the best way forward to reverse the current downward trajectory of ecological degradation and declining human health, and propose FIEN as an approach which other restoration-minded groups and coalitions might follow.

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四岛生态健康网络：一项澳大利亚倡议，在生态系统恢复与人类健康之间建立协同作用

扭转生态退化的螺旋轨迹需要深刻的范式转变，将人类和生态系统健康更明确地联系起来。此处使用的人类健康包括福祉和生计，这在很大程度上取决于社会文化、经济和环境驱动因素。生态恢复和相关恢复活动可以对人类健康做出重大贡献。然而，恢复项目差异很大，健康影响可能难以量化。跨学科修复网络对于研究表征修复实践和相关健康结果的复杂社会文化、经济和环境动态非常重要。我们将四岛生态健康网络 (FIEN) 作为建立跨学科项目连通性的范例，以阐明生态系统恢复与人类健康之间的交叉点。FIEN 是澳大利亚和新西兰 Aotearoa 境内的合作区域恢复网络，旨在研究和制定恢复策略，以同时改善人类健康和修复本地生态系统。FIEN 将在地方和区域范围内协同运作，通过将研究与基于经验和基于传统生态知识的恢复活动联系起来，扩大跨学科研究和外展。该小组的主要重点是通过共享专业知识和方法来为其组成组织的工作增值，从而在相邻区域之间进行大规模分析和比较，最终通过有影响力的科学传播传播集体成果。我们认为将人类和生态系统健康明确联系起来是扭转当前生态退化和人类健康下降趋势的最佳途径，并建议将 FIEN 作为其他具有恢复意识的团体和联盟可能遵循的方法。