4. Drivers of Forests and Tree-based Systems for Food Security and Nutrition

Kleinschmit, Daniela; Basnett, B. Sijapati; Martin, Adrian; Nitin, D.; Smith‐Hall, Carsten; Dawson, Neil; Hickey, Gordon M.; Neufeldt, Henry; Ojha, Hemant; Walelign, Solomon Zena

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“…In response to ecological imperatives, calls for coordinated global action and "earth system governance" (Biermann 2007) support the creation of centralized and uniform global policies and agendas Sikor 2013, Scoones et al 2015), such as those focused on restoration. As noted above, such calls are legitimizing new resource governance regimes, within which a range of actors and the multiple values they espouse, are gaining prominence (Chandhoke 2003, Adams et al 2014, Kleinschmit et al 2015. As the collection of papers in the special issue demonstrates, the rapidity and top-down manner with which these global environmental agendas develop can pose risks to democratic engagement in the process and can override messier issues related to inequity, social exclusion, and unequal power relations (Stirling 2015).…”

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Restoration for Whom, by Whom? A Feminist Political Ecology of Restoration

2021

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The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) frames restoration as a momentous nature-based solution for achieving many of the ecological, economic, and social objectives outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, a critical void lies at the heart of this agenda: the lack of attention to social and political dimensions of nature and restoration initiatives. At this critical juncture, urgent attention is needed to the power and politics that shape the values, meanings, and science driving restoration; and to the uneven experiences of these processes as national restoration pledges touch down in diverse and unequal contexts. In this introduction to the special issue on "Restoration for Whom, by Whom?", we critically examine the social inclusivity of restoration agendas, policies, and practices as these unfold across ecological and geographic scales. We argue that feminist political ecology (FPE), with its focus on gendered power relations, scale integration, and historical awareness, and its critique of the commodification of nature, offers a valuable lens through which to examine the socio-political and economic dynamics of restoration. Taking an FPE perspective, we elucidate how the ten papers comprising the special issue challenge mainstream narratives of environmental sustainability and suggest more grounded and nuanced ways forward for inclusive restoration initiatives. In conclusion, we highlight the urgency of addressing the systemic fault lines that create exclusions in restoration policies and practice; and the need to legitimize the plural voices, values, situated knowledges, and paths to sustainably transform degraded landscapes.

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Section: Scale Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%