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Forest Landscape Restoration: increasing the positive impacts of forest restoration or simply the area under tree cover?
Author(s) -
Mansourian Stephanie,
Stanturf John A.,
Derkyi Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa,
Engel Vera Lex
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
restoration ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1526-100X
pISSN - 1061-2971
DOI - 10.1111/rec.12489
Subject(s) - forest restoration , restoration ecology , environmental restoration , intact forest landscape , environmental resource management , forest cover , agroforestry , geography , tree (set theory) , scale (ratio) , forest ecology , ecology , environmental science , ecosystem , cartography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology
Restoring forest landscapes is critical in the face of continued global forest loss and degradation. In this article, we explore some challenges underlying the delivery of global commitments to restore forest landscapes. We propose that three fundamental questions need to be resolved upfront for the effective implementation of Forest Landscape Restoration and related commitments: (1) What social and ecological landscape objectives are being sought through Forest Landscape Restoration? (2) How are specific areas being selected for restoration? (3) How is success measured when restoring forest landscapes? We believe that there is an urgent need to adequately answer these questions to successfully implement political commitments for large‐scale forest restoration.