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Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions
Environmental Research Letters, Vol.15(4), 043002
2020
Abstract
Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally regenerating forests conserve biodiversity, provide a wide array of ecosystem goods and services, and support rural economies and livelihoods. Based on studies in tropical and temperate forest ecosystems, we summarize cases where natural regeneration is occurring in agricultural landscapes around the world and identify the socio-ecological factors that favor its development and affect its qualities, outcomes and persistence. We describe how the economic and policy context creates barriers for the development, persistence, and management of naturally regenerating forests, including perverse outcomes of policies intended to enhance protection of native forests. We conclude with recommendations for specific economic and policy interventions at local, national, and global scales to enhance forest natural regeneration and to promote the sustainable management of regrowth forests on former agricultural land while strengthening rural communities and economies.
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- Title
- Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions
- Authors
- Robin L Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastDavid Lindenmayer (Author) - Australian National UniversityManuel R Guariguata (Author) - Center for International Forestry Research, PeruRenato Crouzeilles (Author) - International Institute for Sustainability, BrazilMaria Rey Benayas (Author) - Universidad de Alcalá, SpainElena Lazos-Chavero (Author) - Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico
- Publication details
- Environmental Research Letters, Vol.15(4), 043002
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1088/1748-9326/ab79e6
- ISSN
- 1748-9326; 1748-9326
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. As the Version of Record of this article is going to be / has been published on a gold open access basis under a CC BY 3.0 licence, this Accepted Manuscript is available for reuse under a CC BY 3.0 licence immediately. Everyone is permitted to use all or part of the original content in this article, provided that they adhere to all the terms of the licence https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451414402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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