3.3.11 (HL)—Positive feedback in rewilding

Restoration can create a reinforcing loop: more native vegetation improves shade, soil and water, which improves further establishment.

Identify the starting intervention, changed condition, biological response and feedback. Resources and negative feedback eventually limit growth; the loop does not imply endless increase.

Plant cover reduces erosion, retained soil improves seedling survival, and more seedlings further stabilize the slope.

Later survival or recruitment rises with the improved condition, relative to a comparable untreated site.

Positive feedback amplifies a change; it does not guarantee an unlimited or stable final state.