Aug 12, 2005 the world wildlife fund, or wwf has recently initiated a program of largescale forested landscape restoration. The fao forest and landscape restoration mechanism flrm aims to facilitate a process in selected countries that will support the enabling environment by strengthening institutional frameworks, organizational and technical capacity related to designing, planning and. Resource mobilization for forest and ecosystems restoration. The extent and distribution of global forests is a matter of considerable concern.
As outlined elsewhere on this website future terrains exists to tackle the challenge of degraded lands by enhancing environmental and social performance and promoting landscape restoration. Biodiversity guidelines for forest landscape restoration. It is used as a text to illustrate the concepts, elements, and principles of the forest service landscape man agement program. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of flr as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. Supporting all stakeholders to restore our forests and landscapes. The aim of this book is to explore options to better integrate the diverse dimensions. This can be achieved on the ground either by tree planting, stimulating. The collaborative forest landscape restoration fund may be used to pay for up to 50 percent of the cost of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments on national forest system nfs lands.
Ecosystem restoration on a landscape scale strengthens biodiversity conservation in protected areas. Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration. The collaborative forest landscape restoration program. Forest landscape restoration handbook and newsletter. Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services around the world.
Forest and landscape restoration as a tool to arrest loss and degradation of both natural resources. Visions of restoration in fireadapted forest landscapes. Implementing forest landscape restoration initiatives. This handbook, authored and edited by international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first practical guide to using forest landscape restoration flr to repair the damage done to forest lands by poor land management practice. Partnership on forest landscape restoration gpflr and the bonn challenge based on pilot national assessments of forest landscape restoration potential that have taken place in ghana, mexico and rwanda. The guide follows from, and builds upon the iufro world series forest landscape restoration as a key component of climate change mitigation and adaptation stanturf et al.
As an approach to conservation, flr provides a complementary framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss. Forest landscape restoration is an approach that delivers ecological integrity and human wellbeing through multifunctional landscapes it involves bringing people together to identify, negotiate, and implement practices that restore an agreed optimal balance of the ecological, social, and economic benefits of forests and trees within a broader. By means of forest and landscape restoration flr, deforested land, degraded forests, and degraded land could be brought back into a healthy state, regaining their ecological functions and thus enhancing human wellbeing. Read about the origins and objectives of the gpflr. The world wildlife fund, or wwf has recently initiated a program of largescale forested landscape restoration. Pdf the extent and distribution of global forests is a matter of considerable concern.
This book, authored and collected by leading international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of forest landscape restoration flr. Landscape restoration, natural regeneration, and the forests of the future. With a view to exploring the practical potential of this approach, this book draws. Assessing forest landscape r restoration opportunities at the. Grandfather collaborative forest landscape restoration. The forest landscape restoration handbook, written by leading international authorities is the first comprehensive, practical treatment of forest landscape restoration flr. Infoflr is presented by the international union for conservation of nature iucn with the support of the german federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nuclear safety, norways international climate and forest initiative nicfi, and ukaid from the uk government, and is a part of iucns contribution to the global partnership on forest landscape restoration. These groups are part of the collaborative forest landscape restoration program cflrp, a recent policy initiative lauren s. The book principles and practice of forest landscape restoration. National forest forest landscape management service m. On the whole, there is no single best option for forest landscape restoration, but all restoration strategies have to be customized to the specific conditions of place.
Implementing forest landscape restoration initiatives tenure, governance, and equity considerations1 rebecca mclain2, manuel r. Pdf landscape restoration, natural regeneration, and the. The forest and landscape restoration mechanism food and. National forest landscape management, volume 1, is a train ing document distributed throughout the national forest sys tem in april 1973. The forest and landscape restoration mechanism flrm is working to help countries restore degraded landscapes by identifying and implementing practices that restore a balance of the ecological, social and economic benefits of forests and trees within a broader pattern of land uses. Second edition substantially widens the scope of the original work. The international workshop on forest landscape restoration was conducted in prana dewi, batukaru, tabanan bali, indonesia from 1216 of may 2009. The forest service has contracted with the national forest foundation to coordinate and host a series of peer learning sessions about collaborative forest landscape restoration issues. Grandfather collaborative forest landscape restoration home. Norman johnson we outline elements of a forest restoration strategy designed to produce ecological and economic bene. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program overview.
These principles for restoration should be used as guidelines for project development and they. Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration box 4. Wwfs target for forest landscape restoration by 2005, to undertake at least twenty forest landscape restoration initiatives in the worlds threatened, deforested or degraded forest regions to enhance ecological integrity and human wellbeing. Forest landscape restoration mechanism and integrated landuse in africa soalandy rakotondramanga, eugene rurangwa fao regional office for africa, major area of work ecosystem services and biodiversity workshop on sustainable land use in west africa, abuja, nigeria, 2426 november 2016. The forest and landscape restoration mechanism regional capacity building workshop 7 october 2015 accra ghana an active process that brings people together to identify, negotiate and implement practices that restore an agreed optimal balance of the ecological, social and economic benefits of. Congress established the collaborative forest landscape restoration cflr program with title iv of the omnibus public land management act of 2009 the purpose of the collaborative forest landscape restoration program is to encourage the collaborative, sciencebased ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes. This guide addresses flr implementation as a whole but with a view toward climate change mit. Assessing forest landscape r restoration opportunities at. Assessing the potential for forest landscape restoration.
Five years of implementing forest landscape restoration. The forest landscape restoration handbook iucn library. The forest landscape restoration handbook mafiadoc. Five years after the first edition of landscape restoration handbook was published, its natural landscaping and ecological restoration techniques have become standardand successfulpractice throughout the nation. A guide to the restoration r opportunities assessment. Landscape restoration, natural regeneration, and the forests of the future passive and active restoration in agricultural landscapes.
New mexico forest restoration principles preamble these principles were collaboratively developed by a team of dedicated professionals representing industry, conservation organizations, land management agencies, and independent scientists. Knowledge base the forest and landscape restoration. Forest landscape restoration flr is defined as a planned process to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes. Guariguata3, and steven lawry4 1 a paper prepared for a workshop on accelerating restoration of degraded forest landscapes. Buy the forest landscape restoration handbook 9781844075843 9781844073696. The workshop was the first and marked the kick off of three series of workshops planned to be conducted in three different regions of itto member countries. The essence of a landscape approach would probably lie in the conscious anticipation and management where required of potential feedback loops, especially. It is an addition to the earthscan forestry library, the indispensable resource for practitioners, planners, policy makers and students.
The concept of forest landscape restoration flr is being widely adopted around the globe by governmental, non. The forest landscape restoration handbook 1st edition. Forest landscape restoration flr is a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes. The main finding landscape restoration opportunities worldwide on a huge scale was presented at a ministerial roundtable on forest landscape restoration, held in london, on november 26, 2009, as well as during forest day 3 and 4 on the sidelines of the unfccc. Home global partnership on forest and landscape restoration. Policy convergence between forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality supported by. Despite the value of forests to humanity, over 50 per cent of the worlds original forest cover has. Forest restoration in landscapes is a compilation of wwf experiences in the establishment, maintenance, and evaluation of these efforts. Forest landscape restoration is an approach that delivers ecological integrity and human wellbeing through multifunctional landscapes it involves bringing people together to identify, negotiate, and implement practices that restore an agreed optimal balance of the ecological, social, and. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program training. The global partnership on forest landscape restoration, world resources institute, south dakota state university and iucn. But fixing the problem takes more than just planting. While the landscape approach to forest restoration has been seen as the latest innovation, many antecedents are perceptible in past efforts at forest conservation and development in india, as in many other parts of the world.
Collaborative forest landscape restoration program training peer learning sessions. The global partnership on forest and landscape restoration. A restoration framework for federal forests in the pacific. Each of these assessments has taken a slightly different approach and this diversity is reflected in the handbook.
Ecosystem restoration, protected areas and biodiversity. But fixing the problem takes more than just planting trees. This handbook, authored and edited by international authorities in the field of forestry, is the first practical guide to using forest landscape restoration. Bingaman, from the committee on energy and natural resources, submitted the following r e p o r t to accompany s. One such example of a largescale international commitment is the 20x20. The fao forest and landscape restoration mechanism flrm aims to facilitate a process in selected countries that will support the enabling environment by strengthening institutional frameworks, organizational and technical capacity related to designing, planning and implementing largescale flr programmes. It then elaborates on the genetic, species and ecosystem components of biodiversity as they relate to forest landscape restoration and includes discussions on starting points for measuring biodiversity and the landscape. Forest landscape restoration mechanism and integrated landuse in. There are many aspects that i found quite valuable. The forest landscape restoration handbook nhbs academic. This can be achieved ontheground either by tree planting, stimulating. The restoration opportunities assessment methodology roam described in this handbook provides a flexible and affordable framework for countries to rapidly identify and analyse forest landscape restoration flr potential and locate specific areas of opportunity at a national or subnational level.
The main finding landscape restoration opportunities worldwide on a huge scale was presented at a ministerial roundtable on forest landscape restoration, held in london, on november 26, 2009, as well as during forest day 3 and 4 on the sidelines of the unfccc climate change talks in copenhagen and cancun. T his article focuses on the opportu nities for ecosystem restoration to contribute to biodiversity conservation within and outside protected areas as discussed, for example, in brancalion et al. Forest and landscape restoration food and agriculture. Forest landscape restoration mechanism and integrated land. Policy convergence between forest landscape restoration. The grandfather restoration project is a collaborative effort that will increase restoration and management to over 40,000 acres on. There is established in the treasury of the united states a fund, to be known as the collaborative forest landscape restoration fund, to be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments on national forest system land for each proposal selected to be carried out under subsection d. Forest restoration has become an area of increasing interest and activity in recent years, ranging from smallscale efforts by ngos and communities to largescale international commitments. Assessing the potential for forest landscape restoration profor. One of half this mission statement explicitly focuses on landscape restoration, but what does this term mean in reality.
A restoration framework for federal forests in the paci. The collaborative forest landscape restoration fund for any 1 proposal for no more than 10 fiscal years. Integrating natural and social sciences, world forests 15. It comprises tools and procedures to integrate sitelevel forest restoration actions with desirable landscapelevel objectives, which are decided upon via various. Each of these assessments has taken a slightly different approach and this diversity is.