Co-Creating Conceptual and Working Frameworks for Implementing Forest and Landscape Restoration Based on Core Principles

Existing guidelines and best-practices documents do not satisfy, at present, the need for guiding implementation of Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) based on core principles. Given the wide range of FLR practices and the varied spectrum of actors involved, a single working framework is unlikel...

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Published in:Forests 2020-06, Vol.11 (6), p.706
Main Authors: Chazdon, Robin L., Gutierrez, Victoria, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Laestadius, Lars, Guariguata, Manuel R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
actors
Adaptive management
Agricultural production
best practices
Biodiversity
Climate change
criteria
Decision making
Ecosystems
Environmental restoration
Forest Science
Forests
Government agencies
Guidelines
implementation
Indicators
International organizations
Land degradation
Principles
Reforestation
Restoration
Skogsvetenskap
Stakeholders
Workshops
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Summary:Existing guidelines and best-practices documents do not satisfy, at present, the need for guiding implementation of Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) based on core principles. Given the wide range of FLR practices and the varied spectrum of actors involved, a single working framework is unlikely to be effective, but tailored working frameworks can be co-created based on a common conceptual framework (i.e., a common core set of principles and a generalized set of criteria and indicators). We present background regarding FLR concepts, definitions, and principles, and discuss the challenges that confront effective and long-term implementation of FLR. We enumerate the many benefits that a transformative criteria and indicators framework can bring to actors and different sectors involved in restoration when such framework is anchored in the FLR principles. We justify the need to co-develop and apply specifically tailored working frameworks to help ensure that FLR interventions bring social, economic, and environmental benefits to multiple stakeholders within landscapes and adjust to changing conditions over time. Several examples of working FLR frameworks are presented to illustrate the goals and needs of communities, donors and investors, and government agencies. Transparency, feedback, communication, assessment, and adaptive management are important components of all working frameworks. Finally, we describe existing FLR guidelines and what we can learn from them. Working frameworks can be developed and used by different actors who seek to initiate an FLR process and to align restoration actions at different scales and levels.
ISSN:1999-4907
1999-4907
DOI:10.3390/f11060706