The Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781844075843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 192 str.

Opis

Intended for practitioners, this title offers a treatment of forest landscape restoration. It provides a framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services.

Spis treści

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