Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles

Robin L Chazdon; Victoria Gutierrez; Pedro H. S Brancalion; Lars Laestadius; Manuel R Guariguata

doi:10.3390/f11060706

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Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles

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Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles

Robin L Chazdon, Victoria Gutierrez, Pedro H. S Brancalion, Lars Laestadius and Manuel R Guariguata

Forests, Vol.11(6), pp.1-24

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060706

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Abstract

actors

best practices

criteria

guidelines

implementation

indicators

operational framework

principles

stakeholders

Existing guidelines and best-practices documents do not satisfy, at present, the need for guiding implementation of Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) based on core principles. Given the wide range of FLR practices and the varied spectrum of actors involved, a single working framework is unlikely to be effective, but tailored working frameworks can be co-created based on a common conceptual framework (i.e., a common core set of principles and a generalized set of criteria and indicators). We present background regarding FLR concepts, definitions, and principles, and discuss the challenges that confront effective and long-term implementation of FLR. We enumerate the many benefits that a transformative criteria and indicators framework can bring to actors and different sectors involved in restoration when such framework is anchored in the FLR principles. We justify the need to co-develop and apply specifically tailored working frameworks to help ensure that FLR interventions bring social, economic, and environmental benefits to multiple stakeholders within landscapes and adjust to changing conditions over time. Several examples of working FLR frameworks are presented to illustrate the goals and needs of communities, donors and investors, and government agencies. Transparency, feedback, communication, assessment, and adaptive management are important components of all working frameworks. Finally, we describe existing FLR guidelines and what we can learn from them. Working frameworks can be developed and used by different actors who seek to initiate an FLR process and to align restoration actions at different scales and levels.

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Title: Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles
Authors: Robin L Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Victoria Gutierrez (Author) - Commonland Foundation
Pedro H. S Brancalion (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Lars Laestadius (Author) - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Manuel R Guariguata (Author) - Center for International Forestry Research
Publication details: Forests, Vol.11(6), pp.1-24
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.3390/f11060706
ISSN: 1999-4907
Copyright note: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482304902621
Output Type: Journal article