The task of forest restoration can be a complex one, however, involving diverse ecological and social systems. Wallace covington, chapters about collaboration, ecological economics, planning and nepa development, multiparty monitoring, implementation, and adaptive management all within the context of landscape scale forest restoration projects across the american west. Through the atlas of forest landscape restoration opportunities, it has been found that more than 2. Forest and landscape restoration focuses on spatial scales beyond the. Although forests are quickly disappearing, there is a tremendous amount of unused land that if restored, could support woodlands. The forest landscape restoration handbook ebook by. The main finding landscape restoration opportunities worldwide on a huge scale was presented at a ministerial roundtable on forest landscape restoration, held in london, on november 26, 2009, as well as during forest day 3 and 4 on the sidelines of the unfccc climate change talks in copenhagen and cancun. Implementing forest landscape restoration initiatives. From accelerating restoration to creating and maintaining resilient landscapes and communities across the nation pdf, 18. Forest landscape restoration handbook and newsletter.
Five years of implementing forest landscape restoration. Defining a vision for forest landscape restoration in rwanda rwandas long term aspirations are very clearly outlined and expressed in the rwanda vision 2020 and the millennium development goals. Implementing forest landscape restoration initiatives tenure, governance, and equity considerations1 rebecca mclain2, manuel r. The forest landscape restoration handbook, written by leading international authorities is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of forest landscape restoration flr. Agroforestry for landscape restoration according to remote sensing data, 43 percent of all agricultural land had at least 10 percent tree cover in 2009, representing over 1 11billion hectares of land. The classic interpretation of analysed pollen diagrams shows that an almost closed natural forest was dominating the river landscape. It is rarely possible to reforest the whole landscape, especially if it is also occupied by many small farms. Reversing largescale degradation and deforestation goes beyond what can be achieved by sitelevel ecological restoration. It then elaborates on the genetic, species and ecosystem components of biodiversity as they relate to forest landscape restoration and includes discussions on starting points for measuring biodiversity and the landscape. Guariguata3, and steven lawry4 1 a paper prepared for a workshop on accelerating restoration of degraded forest landscapes. Depending on the view one might take, it bears a risk of misunderstanding with regard to questions such as the following.
We present a historical overview of forest concepts and definitions, linking these changes with distinct perspectives and management objectives. Atlas of forest landscape restoration opportunities blue raster. Five years after the first edition of landscape restoration handbook was published, its natural landscaping and ecological restoration techniques have become standardand successfulpractice throughout the nation. General encyclopedic index free ebook download as text file. The collaborative forest landscape restoration advisory panel panel was renewed on september 16, 2019, to evaluate and provide recommendations on the selection of collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals to the secretary of agriculture secretary for approval as provided in section 8629 of the agriculture improvement act of 2018. Collaborative forest landscape restoration handbook. Collaborative forest landscape restoration advisory panel. Wallace covington, chapters about collaboration, ecological economics, planning and nepa. But fixing the problem takes more than just planting trees.
Forest and landscape restoration food and agriculture. Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the. As an approach to conservation, flr provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of flr as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. May 28, 2014 the world has lost almost half of its original forest cover, largely tied to accelerated population growth and agricultural expansion. Forest restoration in landscapes is a compilation of wwf experiences in the establishment, maintenance, and evaluation of these efforts.
Collaborative forest landscape restoration program overview. Home global partnership on forest and landscape restoration. Policies dealing with a broad range of forest issues are often based on definitions created for the purpose of assessing global forest stocks, which do not distinguish between natural and planted forests or reforests, and which have not proved useful. The forest landscape restoration approach would be suitable. Objectives of forest restoration can range from economic incentives, to social or cultural values, to ecosystem services, to biodiversity conservation. Supporting all stakeholders to restore our forests and landscapes. The world wildlife fund, or wwf has recently initiated a program of largescale forested landscape restoration. Decision support tools for forest landscape restoration. Handbook on methods for climate change impact assessment and adaptation strategies. The improvement of degraded land on a large scale that rebuilds ecological integrity and enhances peoples lives. National forest landscape management, volume 1, is a train ing document distributed throughout the national forest sys tem in april 1973. Launched 9th august 2005 at iufro world forestry congress in brisbane the importance of restoration continues to grow, and this book integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape conservation plans.
It represents the collective body of knowledge and experience of wwf and its many partners. This title offers a guide to using forest landscape restoration flr to repair the damage read more. The forest landscape restoration handbook jennifer. While the landscape approach to forest restoration has been seen as the latest innovation, many antecedents are perceptible in past efforts at forest conservation and development in india, as in many other parts of the world. The aim of this book is to explore options to better integrate the diverse dimensions. Read online forest and landscape restoration food and agriculture. The forest landscape restoration handbook iucn library. Forest landscape restoration flr is a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes. The task of forest restoration can be a complex one, however, involving diverse ecological and social systems, which are not always fully accounted for or understood. This definition is deliberately and conveniently broad in order to encompass a diverse range of ambitions, activities, scales, environments and societies and enduses. Monitoring forest landscape restoration projects john stanturf, palle madsen. Most degraded tropical landscapes are a mosaic of land uses and may include patches of intact residual forest and productive agricultural lands as well as degraded lands. The forest and landscape restoration mechanism flrm is working to help countries restore degraded landscapes by identifying and implementing practices that restore a balance of the ecological, social and economic benefits of forests and trees within a broader pattern of land uses. Landscape restoration, natural regeneration, and the forests of the future passive and active restoration in agricultural landscapes.
Aug 12, 2005 the world wildlife fund, or wwf has recently initiated a program of largescale forested landscape restoration. Pdf forest landscape restoration flr aims to return forests in a landscape in a way that meets both human. Read the 2015 report on the forest service accelerated restoration efforts. Forest restoration in landscapes will be published by springer in august 2005. Read the forest landscape restoration handbook by available from rakuten kobo. The global partnership on forest landscape restoration gpflr is a worldwide network of forest and landscape restoration flr practitioners and supporters working from grassroots level upwards to spread best practice and political awareness of restoration and its powerful bene. This book, authored and collected by leading international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of forest landscape restoration flr. A project under this authority must either carry out a forest restoration treatment that. With contributions from all the participants in the forest landscape restoration study tour, june 2006. The forest and landscape restoration mechanism food and. The forest landscape restoration handbook 1st edition. Buy the forest landscape restoration handbook 9781844075843 9781844073696.
Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes science. The handbook, which is published by the eri, features a foreword by dr. National forest forest landscape management service m. It is an addition to the earthscan forestry library, the indispensable resource for practitioners, planners, policy makers and students. The extent and distribution of global forests is a matter of considerable concern. The importance of restoration continues to grow, and this book about forest landscape restoration integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape conservation plans. These principles for restoration should be used as guidelines for project development and they. California riparian habitat restoration handbook, second edition. Flr is more than just planting trees it is restoring a whole landscape to meet present and future needs and to offer multiple benefits and land uses over time. The forest landscape restoration handbook isbn 9781844073696. It comprises tools and procedures to integrate sitelevel forest restoration actions with desirable landscapelevel objectives, which are decided upon via various. The forest landscape restoration handbook nhbs academic. The forest landscape restoration handbook chinese version. Read the forest service ecosystem restoration policy in the forest service manual fsm 2020.
Forest landscape restoration flr is an active, longterm process to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in landscapes that have lost forest cover, forest qualities and forest based contributions to people. This gives an indication of the large extent of agroforestry, which is practised by more than 1. Forest landscape restoration mechanism and integrated landuse in. This book explains the concept of forest landscape restoration and describes its main elements in chapters on adaptive management, landscape mosaics, landscape dynamics, stakeholder approaches, the identification of sitelevel options, handson sitelevel forest restoration and rehabilitation strategies, scenario modelling, and monitoring and evaluation. Federal register national environmental policy act. We employed landis ii, a modeling tool that has been widely used to explore spatial forest dynamics scheller et al. Second edition substantially widens the scope of the original work.
Is flr an activity carried out in a forest landscape or does. We also explored the role of ecological processes in landscape scale forest restoration, through the use of spatial modeling of vegetation dynamics at the landscape scale. The global partnership on forest landscape restoration. The guide follows from, and builds upon the iufro world series forest landscape restoration as a key component of climate change mitigation and adaptation stanturf et al. Veras 1997, 2002 theory is that the prehistoric landscape in the delta was not a closed forest, but an open parkland, with grassland, bushes, brushwood and patches of trees. Read about the origins and objectives of the gpflr. Forest landscape restoration flr is defined as a planned process to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes. Achim steiner director general, iucn and manoel sobral filho executive director, itto, from the preface authored and collected by leading international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of forest landscape restoration flr an indispensable, easytoread handbook for practitioners in.
The collaborative forest landscape restoration program advisory committee met october 1820, 2011, to evaluate 2011 proposals submitted in response to the fiscal year 2011 collaborative forest landscape restoration program request for proposals and to make recommendations for project selection to the secretary of agriculture. Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services around the world. It is used as a text to illustrate the concepts, elements, and principles of the forest service landscape man agement program. Prospects and opportunities 2930 august 2018 united nations office, nairobi, kenya deforestation and land degradation continue to be the most pressing global issues of our time, and africa is no exception. Pdf landscape restoration, natural regeneration, and the. Donald harker nurseries that propagate and sell native plants throughout the united states naturalization has proven to be a winwin situation all around. The global partnership on forest and landscape restoration. Our carousel is a rotating set of images, rotation stops on keyboard focus on carousel tab controls or hovering the mouse pointer over images. Pdf recognising the challenge of implementing these highlevel. This guide addresses flr implementation as a whole but with a view toward climate change mit. Collaborative forest landscape restoration handbook explores the various barriers to landscape scale, collaborative forest restoration and the innovative ways to bridge those barriers. The forest landscape restoration handbook ebook por. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header.
Integrating natural and social sciences, world forests 15. Afr100 african forest landscape restoration initiative is an international partnership between african nations, financial interests both donor and business, technical organizations, and local interests which aims to restore more than 100 million hectares of land in africa by 2030. Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration. Assessing the potential for forest landscape restoration profor.
Forest landscape restoration mechanism and integrated landuse in africa soalandy rakotondramanga, eugene rurangwa fao regional office for africa, major area of work ecosystem services and biodiversity workshop on sustainable land use in west africa, abuja, nigeria, 2426 november 2016. National forest landscape restoration nflr strategy is a powerful vehicle that can help to address these challenges. Forest restoration in landscapes beyond planting trees wwf. Collaborative forest landscape restoration handbook find, read and cite all the research you need on. The forest landscape restoration handbook book, 2007.
Use the tabs or the previous and next buttons to change the displayed slide. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program carousel. The forest landscape restoration handbook mafiadoc. Forest landscape restoration can also assist the country to achieve several national environment and development goals in a number of policies such as the national forest policy 2016, the national climate change. This handbook, authored and edited by international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first practical guide to using forest landscape restoration flr to repair the damage done to forest lands by poor land management practice. New mexico forest restoration principles preamble these principles were collaboratively developed by a team of dedicated professionals representing industry, conservation organizations, land management agencies, and independent scientists. Nhbs jennifer rietbergenmccracken, stewart maginnis, alastair. Flr provides a framework for implementing restoration interventions that collectively address. Wwf has made forest landscape restoration a key topic and priority for its environmental work, given its dual aims of conserving biodiversity and enhancing human livelihoods. Forest landscape restoration flr involves the ecological restoration of. The restoration opportunities assessment methodology roam described in this handbook provides a flexible and affordable framework for countries to rapidly identify and analyse forest landscape restoration flr potential and locate specific areas of opportunity at a national or subnational level. Restoration of the forest reserves could be undertaken with consideration for multiple forest functions and uses across the landscape. This handbook, authored and edited by international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first practical guide to using forest landscape restoration.
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