Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda

Larson, Anne M.; Mausch, Kai; Bourne, Mieke; Luttrell, C.; Schoneveld, G.C.; Cronkleton, P.; Locatelli, Bruno; Catacutan, Delia; Cerutti, P.O.; Chomba, Susan; Djoudi, Houria; Ihalainen, M.; Lawry, Steven; Minang, Peter A.; Monterroso, I.; Myers, Rodd; Naito, Daisuke; Pham, T.T.; Reed, J. Michael; Barletti, Juan Pablo Sarmiento; Sola, Phosiso; Stoian, Dietmar

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102567

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“…Although governance is not explicitly stated in the UNDER strategy, neither as a barrier nor as a pathway for action, publications coded for the barriers of Public awareness, Political will or Legislative environments all addressed governance issues. In this sense, they provide critical information about governance structures needed to the success of ecosystem restoration actions (Sapkota et al 2018; Chazdon et al 2021; Larson et al 2021).…”

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Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy

Meli

Schweizer²,

Winowiecki

et al. 2022

Restoration Ecology

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The strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration identifies three pathways for action for overcoming six global barriers thought to hamper upscaling. We evaluated 6,023 peer-reviewed and gray literature papers published over the last two decades to map the information landscape underlying the barriers and associated pathways for action across world regions, terrestrial ecosystem types, restorative interventions and their outcomes. Overall, the literature addressed more the financial and legislative barriers than the technical and research-related ones, supporting the view that social, economic and political factors hamper scaling up ecosystem restoration. Latin America, Africa, and North America were the most prominent regions in the literature, yet differed in the number of publications addressing each barrier. An overwhelming number of publications focused on forests (78%), while grasslands (6%), drylands (3%), and mangroves (2%) received less attention. Across the three pathways for action, the action lines on (1) promoting long-term ecosystem restoration actions and monitoring and (2) education on restoration were the most underrepresented in the literature. In general, restorative interventions assessed rendered positive outcomes except those of a political, legislative or financial nature which reported negative or inconclusive outcomes. Our indicative assessment reveals critical information gaps on barriers, pathways, and types of restorative interventions across world regions, particularly related to specific social issues such as education for ecosystem restoration. Finally, we call for refining "strength of evidence" assessment frameworks that can systematically appraise, synthesize and integrate information on traditional and practitioner knowledge as two essential components for improving decision-making in ecosystem restoration.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy

Meli

Schweizer²,

Winowiecki

et al. 2022

Restoration Ecology

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“…As public policies increasingly strive for gender equality in forested landscapes, the need for clear strategies will also increase. Developing these strategies requires a hard, analytical look at how policy and legal reforms can help bring inclusive visions into practice (Larson et al 2021). An integrated and holistic assessment across the entire forest sector can bring many rewards.…”

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Enabling change in forest tenure: Policy and law for gender equality. Training Handbook

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2021

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“…The implementation of novel managements requires fair governance structures and mechanisms to direct the decisions [137]. Regulative, financial, and informational instruments that limit transition towards more resilient forest systems need to be updated.…”

Section: Implementation: Planning and Just Governancementioning

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Enhancing Resilience of Boreal Forests Through Management Under Global Change: a Review

Triviño

Potterf

Tijerín-Triviño

et al. 2023

Curr Landscape Ecol Rep

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Purpose of Review Boreal forests provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are important to society. The boreal biome is experiencing the highest rates of warming on the planet and increasing demand for forest products. Here, we review how changes in climate and its associated extreme events (e.g., windstorms) are putting at risk the capacity of these forests to continue providing ecosystem services. We further analyze the role of forest management to increase forest resilience to the combined effects of climate change and extreme events. Recent Findings Enhancing forest resilience recently gained a lot of interest from theoretical perspective. Yet, it remains unclear how to translate the theoretical knowledge into practice and how to operationalize boreal forest management to maintain forest ecosystem services and functions under changing global conditions. We identify and summarize the main management approaches (natural disturbance emulation, landscape functional zoning, functional complex network, and climate-smart forestry) that can promote forest resilience. Summary We review the concept of resilience in forest sciences, how extreme events may put boreal forests at risk, and how management can alleviate or promote such risks. We found that the combined effects of increased temperatures and extreme events are having negative impacts on forests. Then, we discuss how the main management approaches could enhance forest resilience and multifunctionality (simultaneous provision of high levels of multiple ecosystem services and species habitats). Finally, we identify the complementary strengths of individual approaches and report challenges on how to implement them in practice.

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Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda

Cited by 27 publications

References 69 publications

Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy

Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy

Enabling change in forest tenure: Policy and law for gender equality. Training Handbook

Enhancing Resilience of Boreal Forests Through Management Under Global Change: a Review

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