Journal article
Beyond hectares: four principles to guide reforestation in the context of tropical forest and landscape restoration
Restoration Ecology, Vol.25(4), pp.491-496
2017
Abstract
New climate change agreements emerging from the 21st Conference of the Parties and ambitious international commitments to implement forest and landscape restoration (FLR) are generating unprecedented political awareness and financial mobilization to restore forests at large scales on deforested or degraded land. Restoration interventions aim to increase functionality and resilience of landscapes, conserve biodiversity, store carbon, and mitigate effects of global climate change. We propose four principles to guide tree planting schemes focused on carbon storage and commercial forestry in the tropics in the context of FLR. These principles support activities and land uses that increase tree cover in human-modified landscapes, while also achieving positive socioecological outcomes at local scales, in an appropriate contextualization: (1) restoration interventions should enhance and diversify local livelihoods; (2) afforestation should not replace native tropical grasslands or savanna ecosystems; (3) reforestation approaches should promote landscape heterogeneity and biological diversity; and (4) residual carbon stocks should be quantitatively and qualitatively distinguished from newly established carbon stocks. The emerging global restoration movement and its growing international support provide strong momentum for increasing tree and forest cover in mosaic landscapes. The proposed principles help to establish a platform for FLR implementation and monitoring based on a broad set of socioenvironmental benefits including, but not solely restricted, to carbon mitigation and wood production.
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- Title
- Beyond hectares: four principles to guide reforestation in the context of tropical forest and landscape restoration
- Authors
- Pedro H. S. Brancalion (Corresponding Author) - University of Sao PauloRobin L. Chazdon (Author) - University of Connecticut
- Publication details
- Restoration Ecology, Vol.25(4), pp.491-496
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1111/rec.12519
- ISSN
- 1526-100X
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99659193402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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