Forest landscape restoration: increasing the positive impacts of forest restoration or simply the area under tree cover?

Stephanie Mansourian; John A. Stanturf; Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi; Vera Lex Engel

doi:10.1111/rec.12489

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Forest landscape restoration: increasing the positive impacts of forest restoration or simply the area under tree cover?

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Authors:

Stephanie Mansourian, John A. Stanturf, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi, Vera Lex Engel

Year:

2017

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12489

Source:

Restoration Ecology

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Abstract

Restoring forest landscapes is critical in the face of continued global forest loss and degradation. In this article, weexplore some challenges underlying the delivery of global commitments to restore forest landscapes. We propose that threefundamental questions need to be resolved upfront for the effective implementation of Forest Landscape Restoration andrelated commitments: (1) What social and ecological landscape objectives are being sought through Forest LandscapeRestoration? (2) How are specific areas being selected for restoration? (3) How is success measured when restoring forestlandscapes? We believe that there is an urgent need to adequately answer these questions to successfully implement politicalcommitments for large-scale forest restoration.

Keywords

Bonn Challenge, hectare targets, restoration scale

Citation

Mansourian, Stephanie; Stanturf, John A.; Derkyi, Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa; Engel, Vera Lex. 2017. Forest landscape restoration: increasing the positive impacts of forest restoration or simply the area under tree cover?. Restoration Ecology. 6 p. DOI:10.1111/rec.12489