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Forest management

Rehabilitation & restoration of degraded forests (pdf 860kb)

This paper presents approaches to restoring and rehabilitating the vast areas of degraded, fragmented and modified forests which cover much of the world. They argue that by applying best practice at the site level it is possible to enhance socio-economic and ecological gains at the landscape level.

This approach is consistent with the ecosystem approach called for in the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is based on the realization that land management has on-site and off-site impacts on ecosystems and people.   Therefore rehabiliation must be undertaken within the limits of:
- Ecosystem functioning
- Viable species populations and healthy ecosystem processes cannot be contained within small units of land measured in tens or hundreds of square kilometres, particularly when these areas are disconnected
- Conservation planning and action must take place across whole landscapes and involve multiple interest groups.

 

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