Restoring forests and trees for sustainable development : policies, practices, impacts, and ways forward

Restoring forests and trees for sustainable development policies, practices, impacts, and ways forward

Forests & trees are crucial for human wellbeing, sustainable development, & ultimately, life on Earth. The critical ecosystem services that forests provide are widely acknowledged, yet their provision is seriously threatened by continuing deforestation & forest degradation. This book uti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Katila, Pia, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press [2024]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
Materias:
Forest restoration.
Forest management.
Forest biodiversity conservation.
Farming and Country Life.
Agriculture & farming.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 Introduction Restoring forests and trees for sustainable development
  • 1.1 The aim of this book
  • 1.2 Restoration as a nature- and people-based solution to global challenges
  • 1.3 Forest restoration in global and regional agreements and commitments
  • 1.4 Forest ecosystem services and drivers of forest loss
  • 1.5 Restoration goals, modalities, potential benefits, synergies, and trade-offs
  • 1.6 Concepts used in this book
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 Forest flickers of history. Early modern woodland restoration and how it shapes postmodern options
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Analytical framework, cases, and research protocol
  • 2.3 Cases of early modern forest restoration
  • 2.4 Discussion
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Forest (landscape) restoration governance Institutions, interests, ideas, and their interlinked logics
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Scope and methodology
  • 3.3 Three logics of FLR
  • 3.4 Discussing the dominant logics of FLR
  • 3.5 Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Decolonial environmental justice in landscape restoration
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 A historical account of community engagement
  • 4.3 Environmental justice and decolonial environmental justice
  • 4.4 Major barriers to just and effective landscape restoration
  • 4.5 How to avoid reproducing past injustices
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5 Regional variation in forest landscape restoration
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Implementation context for forest landscape restoration
  • 5.3 Implementation tools for forest landscape restoration
  • 5.4 Overview of regional variation and implementation
  • 5.5 Main challenges and key lessons
  • Notes
  • 6 Forest restoration for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Potential of forest restoration to contribute to climate change mitigation
  • 6.3 Risks of forest restoration as a mitigation strategy
  • 6.4 Climate change adaptation
  • 6.5 Linking mitigation and adaptation
  • 6.6 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 7 Forest restoration, biodiversity, and ecosystem services
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The role of biodiversity
  • 7.3 Recovery of ecosystem services by means of forest restoration
  • 7.4 Trade-offs and disservices: One's gain can be another's loss
  • 7.5 Restoration across scales of time and space
  • 7.6 Opportunities for further research and restoration projects
  • 8 Making forest landscape restoration work for livelihoods and well-being of local communities
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 FLR potential to provide local livelihoods and well-being benefits
  • 8.3 Challenges and trade-offs in linking restoration to local livelihoods and well-being
  • 8.4 Leveraging points and recommendations for FLR to deliver livelihoods and well-being for local communities
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 9 An economic view on the costs and benefits of forest restoration
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Costs and benefits of forest restoration
  • 9.3 Economic and financial costs and benefits
  • 9.4 Discussion
  • 9.5 Conclusion
  • 10 Financial, ecological, political, and social feasibility of forest restoration targets
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Context and related studies
  • 10.3 What is forest restoration?
  • 10.4 Global forests and land use
  • 10.5 Global forest restoration targets and suitable land areas
  • 10.6 Technical factors: Where and how to restore?
  • 10.7 Financial feasibility: What is the cost, who will pay, and how?
  • 10.8 Social and institutional factors: Who decides?
  • 10.9 Synthesis and conclusions
  • Note
  • 11 Advances in forest restoration management and technology
  • 11.1 Introduction.
  • 11.2 Planning and baseline conditions
  • 11.3 Implementing forest restoration
  • 11.4 Plant materials and genetic sources
  • 11.5 Site modification
  • 11.6 Protection and tending
  • 11.7 Conclusion and other considerations
  • Notes
  • 12 Sustainable and fair forest and land restoration: Balancing goals, interests, and trade-offs
  • 12.1 The ascent of the restoration era
  • 12.2 Forest restoration status, drivers, and future projections
  • 12.3 Goals, costs, benefits, and disservices of restored forests
  • 12.4 Evolving forest restoration governance
  • 12.5 Overcoming challenges and nurturing potentials
  • Note
  • References.

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