... system under both normal and stressful conditions (Niering, 1997). In many areas, especially in the underdeveloped countries, the present rates of destruction of natural ecosystems are manifestly not sustainable (Edwards et. al., 1997). In fact, the earth capacity to produce renewable natural resources is seriously damaged while the demand for those resources increases. Paradoxically this is not recent problem, it is historically, and in the last decades has generated a reaction among several scientific societies and international agencies (Urbanska et. al., 1997). The effects of degradation caused by human activities over natural capital demands the implementation of restoration ecology. This discipline, aims to provide a scientifically sound basis for the reconstruction of degraded or destroyed ecosystems and to produce self-supporting systems which are, to some degree resilient to subsequent damage (Urbanska et. al., 1997). Indeed, restoration ecology is a potentially important component in sustainable strategy (Clark, 1997). It could provide ...

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