Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken is a freelance researcher and writer/editor based in Geneva, Switzerland, who specializes in conservation and sustainable development. She is co-editor of Economic Instruments for Environmental Management (2000) and Environmental Valuation (2000). Stewart Maginnis has worked in sustainable forest management and community forestry for many years in Africa, Latin America and Europe and now heads the Forest Conservation Programme of the IUCN in Switzerland. He is co-editor of Forests in Landscapes (2005). Alastair Sarre is a freelance writer and editor on forestry and the environment based in Adelaide, Australia. For ten years he was editor of the ITTO , a newsletter dedicated to the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests. Klappentext * * The first practical hands-on guide to repairing the damage done by irresponsible forest activity! explaining how to increase the resilience of landscapes and the communities they support Zusammenfassung Forest loss and degradation have caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services around the world. This title offers a guide to using forest landscape restoration (FLR) to repair the damage done to forest lands by poor land management practice. It shows how to increase the resilience of landscapes and communities they support through FLR. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction * What is FLR and How Does it Differ from Current Approaches? * Building Support for FLR * Applying an Adaptive Management Approach in FLR * Understanding the Landscape Mosaic * Understanding Forest Landscape Dynamics * Applying a Stakeholder Approach in FLR * Identifying Site-level Options * Site-level Restoration Strategies for Degraded Primary Forest * Site-level Strategies for Managing Secondary Forests * Site-level Rehabilitation Strategies for Degraded Forest Lands * Site-level Strategies for Restoring Forest Functions on Agricultural Land * Scenario Modelling to Optimize Outcomes * Monitoring and Evaluating Site-level Impacts * Getting Started * Bibliography, Glossary, Index...

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Maginnis Rietbergen-Mccracken
• Assisted by: Stewart Maginnis (Editor), Maginnis Stewart (Editor), Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken (Editor), Jenny Rietbergen-McCracken (Editor), Rietbergen-McCracken Jenny (Editor), Alastair Sarre (Editor), Sarre Alastair (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2006
• EAN: 9781844073696
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-369-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, Biodiversity, environmental science, engineering & technology, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Forestry and silviculture