A Policy‐Driven Knowledge Agenda for Global Forest and Landscape Restoration

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ID23375192
AutoresRobin L Chazdon (0000-0002-7349-5687, University of Connecticut, autor de correspondencia), Pedro H S Brancalion (0000-0001-8245-4062, Universidade de São Paulo), David Lamb (0000-0002-0598-5369, The University of Queensland), Lars Laestadius (0000-0002-5568-0504, World Resources Institute), Miguel Calmon (0000-0002-8602-9386, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)), Chetan Kumar (0009-0003-2550-2517, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States))
Año2017
Volumen10
Número1
Páginas125-132
Fecha de publicación2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConservation Letters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1755-263X • E-ISSN: 1755-263X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/conl.12220
OpenAlexW2190706264
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas76
Referencias citadas22

The global restoration movement is gaining momentum. International and national leaders are demonstrating unparalleled political will for achieving ambitious targets. However, the knowledge base for implementing large‐scale forest and landscape restoration (FLR) needs further development. Besides application of scientific and local knowledge, a broad understanding of the social, economic, and environmental context in which this knowledge is being applied is also needed. To address knowledge gaps and guide implementation of FLR at local to global scales we propose a knowledge creation agenda that we derive from emerging policy goals. We present a holistic approach that addresses food security, ecosystem services, and livelihoods, and that supports implementation by a wide array of actors from farmers and municipalities to corporations and state agencies. Our knowledge creation agenda is based on six broad policy goals, with several associated knowledge gaps for each goal. We recognize that this agenda is simply a starting point and will surely evolve and become more locally focused as the concept of FLR gains ground and as multiple groups of stakeholders engage in the long‐term process of restoring functionality and value to ecosystems and landscapes around the world.

Agriculture · Business · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Food security · Geography · Knowledge base · Knowledge management · Livelihood · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Traditional knowledge · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Forest Management and Policy · Land Use and Ecosystem Services