scholarly journals Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Brazil, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Ghana, Ethiopia and Philippines

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration

scholarly journals How Is Forest Landscape Restoration Being Implemented in Burkina Faso? Overview of Ongoing Initiatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10430
Author(s):  
Barbara Vinceti ◽  
Michel Valette ◽  
Ali Lardia Bougma ◽  
Arturo Turillazzi
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Degraded Land ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
Technical Capacity

Land degradation affects a significant portion of the Earth’s ice-free land area and several countries have embraced the challenge of restoring large parts of their degraded lands. Success in these efforts depends on various factors, including the amount of resources invested, the technical capacity available and the degree of involvement of stakeholders. Burkina Faso has committed to restoring 5 Mha of degraded land by 2030. We identified 39 forest landscape restoration initiatives (FLR) in this country and interviewed their managers to obtain an overview of critical aspects and constraints that could orient future efforts. Our results show a recent growth of FLR initiatives, as most of the projects examined started in the last few years; however, the scale of implementation seems incompatible with country-level targets. Funding is coming mainly from international cooperation and this may lead to risks in long-term continuity and sustainability of FLR. Furthermore, FLR projects are carried out by a multitude of agencies, with local NGOs and associations as the main players; this finding highlights the need to coordinate ongoing efforts and flag challenges in tracking progress. Tree planting is common to most FLR initiatives examined, with aspects of quality and quantity of planting material available becoming critical in ensuring success; this raises the need to ensure farmers are well-trained in its collection and handling. Finally, more homogeneous approaches in monitoring across FLR initiatives should be adopted.

scholarly journals Land Use Spatial Optimization for Sustainable Wood Utilization at the Regional Level: A Case Study from Vietnam

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Nguyen Dang Cuong ◽  
Köhl Michael ◽  
Mues Volker
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Land Resource ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
Wood Utilization

Forest landscape restoration is a widely accepted approach to sustainable forest management. In addition to revitalizing degraded sites, forest landscape restoration can increase the supply of sustainable timber and thereby reduce logging in natural forests. The current study presents a spatial land use optimization model and utilizes a linear programming algorithm that integrates timber production and timber processing chains to meet timber demand trade-offs and timber supply. The objective is to maximize yield and profit from forest plantations under volatile timber demands. The model was parameterized for a case study in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam, where most forest plantations grow Acacia mangium (A. mangium). Data were obtained from field surveys on tree growth, as well as from questionnaires to collect social-economic information and determine the timber demand of local wood processing mills. The integration of land use and wood utilization approaches reduces the amount of land needed to maintain a sustainable timber supply and simultaneously leads to higher yields and profits from forest plantations. This forest management solution combines economic and timber yield aspects and promotes measures focused on economic sustainability and land resource efficiency.

scholarly journals Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Environmental Change: Challenges and a Future Roadmap

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Florent Noulèkoun ◽  
Sylvanus Mensah ◽  
Emiru Birhane ◽  
Yowhan Son ◽  
Asia Khamzina
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Globally Distributed

The adverse impacts of ecosystem degradation have raised the need for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be included in international sustainability agendas. However, the path towards successful FLR implementation faces numerous biophysical, socioeconomic and governance challenges because FLR operates within complex socioecological systems. In the present study, we review and discuss FLR challenges in the context of global environmental change. We propose a roadmap consisting of five interlinked steps to overcome these challenges: (1) advancing ecological knowledge supporting FLR, (2) adapting FLR management to environmental change through strengthening globally distributed experimental networks, (3) implementing modelling approaches, (4) improving socioeconomic and governance dimensions, and (5) developing evidence-based knowledge platforms. The roadmap offers an iterative and adaptive framework for the continuous evaluation and improvement of FLR strategies and outcomes.

Risk and time preferences for participating in forest landscape restoration: The case of coffee farmers in Uganda

2022 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 105713
Author(s):  
Hanna Julia Ihli ◽  
Brian Chiputwa ◽  
Etti Winter ◽  
Anja Gassner
Keyword(s):  
Time Preferences ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
Coffee Farmers

scholarly journals Governing Forest Landscape Restoration: Cases from Indonesia

Forests ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cora van Oosten ◽  
Petrus Gunarso ◽  
Irene Koesoetjahjo ◽  
Freerk Wiersum
Keyword(s):  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration

scholarly journals A diagnostic for collaborative monitoring in forest landscape restoration

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 742-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel R. Guariguata ◽  
Kristen Evans
Keyword(s):  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration
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