Courses : Forest Ecology Lecturer :Frischa Adellia Semester : 4thSemester, 2022/2023 Session Ecosystem Resilience Ecosystem resilience refers to the ability of an ecosystem to recover or adapt after experiencing environmental disturbances or stress. More specifically, ecosystem resilience includes the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its functions, structure, biodiversity and important interactions in the face of environmental disturbance or change. Some elements that are part of the ecosystem resilience concept include: 1. Recoverability : Ecosystem resilience includes the ability of an ecosystem to return to its initial condition or close to its initial condition after experiencing disturbance or stress. This includes the ability to restore organism populations, improve environmental conditions, and restore ecosystem functions. 2. Adaptability: Resilience also includes the ability of an ecosystem to adapt to more permanent or significant environmental changes. This could mean changes in species composition, ecosystem structure, or patterns of interaction between organisms. 3. Availability of alternatives: Ecosystems that have a high level of resilience usually have various choices or alternatives to maintain their functions. This could mean the existence of different species or groups of organisms capable of taking over the disrupted role or function. 4. Dynamic stability : Ecosystem resilience does not always mean creating stable conditions that do not change. Rather, it includes the ability of an ecosystem to remain stable in the face of natural fluctuations or changes that occur periodically. 5. Flexibility : Resilience also involves flexibility in the ecosystem's response to change. This includes the ability to maintain key functions or shift priorities according to new circumstances. In the context of bioremediation, ecosystem resilience is important because the remediation process itself can affect ecosystem stability and function. Having a resilient ecosystem can help speed up the process of recovering polluted environments and maintain overall environmental sustainability. The aim of ecosystem resilience is to ensure that the ecosystem has the ability to survive and recover from environmental disturbances or stress that occur. Some specific goals of building ecosystem resilience include: 1. Recover quickly : One of the main goals of ecosystem resilience is to ensure that ecosystems can recover quickly after experiencing disturbances or stress, such as natural disasters or destructive human activities. 2. Maintaining ecosystem function: A resilient ecosystem must be able to maintain its main functions, including resource provision, climate regulation, flood protection, and biodiversity, even when experiencing environmental stress or change. 3. Maintaining balance: Ecosystem resilience aims to maintain balance and stability of the ecosystem. This involves the ability to maintain balanced interactions between various ecosystem components, including relationships between species, nutrient cycles, and water and soil dynamics. 4. Increasing adaptability: One of the goals of building ecosystem resilience is to increase its adaptability to environmental changes. This includes the ability to adapt to climate change, land change, or other disturbances that may affect ecosystem conditions. 5. Reducing disaster risk: Resilient ecosystems can help reduce the risk of natural or environmental disasters by providing better protection against extreme changes and the adverse impacts of these events. 6. Increasing sustainability : By building ecosystem resilience, the long-term goal is to increase ecosystem sustainability. This includes the ecosystem's ability to continue to provide benefits to humans and other organisms over the long term. By achieving these goals, building ecosystem resilience can help maintain ecosystem functions that are important for human life and well-being, as well as maintain environmental sustainability for future generations. The conclusion from the discussion about ecosystem resilience is that building ecosystem resilience is very important in maintaining environmental sustainability and human welfare. Ecosystem resilience includes the ability of ecosystems to recover and adapt to environmental changes, maintain important ecosystem functions, and reduce the risk of disturbances or natural disasters. By paying attention to the goals of building ecosystem resilience, we can increase the ecosystem's ability to maintain biodiversity, maintain ecosystem balance, and reduce the negative impacts of environmental change. This is important to maintain environmental sustainability and human welfare in the long term. Therefore, it is important for us to take steps to protect and strengthen ecosystem resilience, whether through nature conservation practices, restoration of disturbed ecosystems, or sustainable development policies. In this way, we can better face future environmental challenges and maintain the sustainability of the earth for future generations.