Forest Restoration in Landscapes : Beyond Planting Trees - Mansourian, Stephanie; Vallauri, Daniel; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Forest Landscape Restoration in Context -- Overview of Forest Restoration Strategies and Terms -- Impact of Forest Loss and Degradation on Biodiversity -- The Impacts of Degradation and Forest Loss on Human Well-Being and Its Social and Political Relevance for Restoration -- Restoring Forest Landscapes in the Face of Climate Change -- Restoration as a Strategy to Contribute to Ecoregion Visions -- Why Do We Need to Consider Restoration in a Landscape Context? -- Addressing Trade-Offs in Forest Landscape Restoration -- An Attempt to Develop a Framework for Restoration Planning -- Assessing and Addressing Threats in Restoration Programmes -- Perverse Policy Incentives -- Land Ownership and Forest Restoration -- Challenges for Forest Landscape Restoration Based on WWF's Experience to Date -- Goals and Targets of Forest Landscape Restoration -- Identifying and Using Reference Landscapes for Restoration -- Mapping and Modelling as Tools to Set Targets, Identify Opportunities, and Measure Progress -- Policy Interventions for Forest Landscape Restoration -- Negotiations and Conflict Management -- Practical Interventions that Will Support Restoration in Broad-Scale Conservation Based on WWF Experiences -- Monitoring Forest Restoration Projects in the Context of an Adaptive Management Cycle -- Monitoring and Evaluating Forest Restoration Success -- Opportunities for Long-Term Financing of Forest Restoration in Landscapes -- Payment for Environmental Services and Restoration -- Carbon Knowledge Projects and Forest Landscape Restoration -- Marketing and Communications Opportunities: How to Promote and Market Forest Landscape Restoration -- Restoring Quality in Existing Native Forest Landscapes -- Restoring Soil and Ecosystem Processes -- Active Restoration of Boreal Forest Habitats for Target Species -- Restoration of Deadwood as a Critical Microhabitat in Forest Landscapes -- Restoration of Protected Area Values -- Using Nontimber Forest Products for Restoring Environmental, Social, and Economic Functions -- An Historical Account of Fuelwood Restoration Efforts -- Restoring Water Quality and Quantity -- Restoring Landscapes for Traditional Cultural Values -- Overview of Technical Approaches to Restoring Tree Cover at the Site Level -- Stimulating Natural Regeneration -- Managing and Directing Natural Succession -- Selecting Tree Species for Plantation -- Developing Firebreaks -- Agroforestry as a Tool for Restoring Forest Landscapes -- Restoring Dry Tropical Forests -- Restoring Tropical Moist Broad-Leaf Forests -- Restoring Tropical Montane Forests -- Restoring Floodplain Forests -- Restoring Mediterranean Forests -- Restoring Temperate Forests -- Forest Landscape Restoration After Fires -- Restoring Forests After Violent Storms -- Managing the Risk of Invasive Alien Species in Restoration -- First Steps in Erosion Control -- Restoring Forests After Land Abandonment -- Restoring Overlogged Tropical Forests -- Opencast Mining Reclamation -- The Role of Commercial Plantations in Forest Landscape Restoration -- Attempting to Restore Biodiversity in Even-Aged Plantations -- Best Practices for Industrial Plantations -- What Has WWF Learned About Restoration at an Ecoregional Scale? -- Local Participation, Livelihood Needs, and Institutional Arrangements: Three Keys to Sustainable Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Lands -- A Way Forward: Working Together Toward a Vision for Restored Forest Landscapes.
Keywords: Applied ecology; Forestry management; Environmental management; Nature conservation; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Landscape ecology; Applied Ecology; Forestry Management; Environmental Management; Nature Conservation; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Landscape Ecology