Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees

by Stephanie Mansourian (Editor), Daniel Vallauri (Editor)

Overview

Is it a sign of the times that last year the Nobel committee chose to award the Nobel Peace prize to Wangari Maathai for having planted 30 million trees? We believe so.We think that while in the 20th century conservation made significant progress on setting up a global protected area network, the 21st century will be a time of forest restoration.The fact that Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive such an honourable distinction is in itself a major accomplishment.What is even more remarkable is that,for the first time, this highly esteemed prize, which has long been associated with political feats, was given for an environmental achievement. And not just any environmental achievement, but forest resto- tion. It is a comfort to see that it is not just us at WWF, the global conservation organisation, who believe forest restoration to be of global significance, but that the Nobel committee is in agreement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387255255
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/12/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The World Wildlife Fund, or ‘WWF’ has recently initiated a program of large-scale forested landscape restoration … . Forest Restoration in Landscapes is a compilation of WWF experiences in the establishment, maintenance, and evaluation of these efforts. There are many aspects … that I found quite valuable. Some of the chapters of this book critically evaluated the restoration efforts of the past. … Personally, I found Forest Restoration in Landscapes a useful addition to my reference library." (Don C. Bragg, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 22 (3), 2007)

"A major mission of the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) has been habitat restoration, and forest habitats are a crucial part of that mission. Under the auspices of the WWF, this book uses the expertise of over 70 authors to show how forest restoration can be integrated with other aspects of conservation and landscape development. … This book will serve as a teaching tool and reference for researchers and managers working on forest restoration." (Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 13 (4), 2006)

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