Forest and Landscape Restoration: A Review Emphasizing Principles, Concepts, and Practices

Ricardo Gomes César; Loren Belei; Carolina Giudice Badari; Ricardo A. G. Viani; Robin L. Chazdon; Victoria Gutierrez; Pedro H. S. Brancalion; Carla Morsello

doi:10.3390/land10010028

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Forest and Landscape Restoration: A Review Emphasizing Principles, Concepts, and Practices

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Forest and Landscape Restoration: A Review Emphasizing Principles, Concepts, and Practices

Ricardo Gomes César, Loren Belei, Carolina Giudice Badari, Ricardo A. G. Viani, Robin L. Chazdon, Victoria Gutierrez, Pedro H. S. Brancalion and Carla Morsello

Land, Vol.10(1), pp.1-22

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land10010028

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Abstract

project management

forest restoration

human dimension of restoration

literature review

ecosystem services

Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) is considered worldwide as a powerful approach to recover ecological functionality and to improve human well-being in degraded and deforested landscapes. The literature produced by FLR programs could be a valuable tool to understand how they align with the existing principles of FLR. We conducted a systematic qualitative review to identify the main FLR concepts and definitions adopted in the literature from 1980 to 2017 and the underlying actions commonly suggested to enable FLR implementation. We identified three domains and 12 main associated principles—(i) Project management and governance domain contains five principles: (a) Landscape scale, (b) Prioritization, (c) Legal and normative compliance, (d) Participation, (e) Adaptive management; (ii) Human aspect domain with four principles: (a) Enhance livelihoods, (b) Inclusiveness and equity, (c) Economic diversification, (d) Capacity building; (iii) Ecological Aspects domain with three principles: (a) Biodiversity conservation, (b) Landscape heterogeneity and connectivity, (c) Provision of ecosystem goods and services. Our results showcase variations in FLR principles and how they are linked with practice, especially regarding the lack of social aspects in FLR projects. Finally, we provide a starting point for future tools aiming to improve guidance frameworks for FLR.

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Title: Forest and Landscape Restoration: A Review Emphasizing Principles, Concepts, and Practices
Authors: Ricardo Gomes César (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Loren Belei (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Carolina Giudice Badari (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Ricardo A. G. Viani (Author) - Universidade Federal de São Carlos
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
Carla Morsello (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Publication details: Land, Vol.10(1), pp.1-22
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.3390/land10010028
ISSN: 2073-445X
Copyright note: Copyright: © 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 (https://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: 99500608002621
Output Type: Journal article