Launched 9th August 2005 at IUFRO World Forestry Congress in Brisbane The importance of restoration continues to grow, and this book integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape conservation plans.
WWF has made forest landscape restoration a key topic and priority for its environmental work, given its dual aims of conserving biodiversity and enhancing human livelihoods.
Due to the WWFs extensive global reach, and together with is many partners and counterparts, it has acquired a significant level of experience on the topic of forest restoration at large scales.
This book represents the collective body of knowledge and experience of WWF and its many partners. Collected here for the first time and which will be invaluable to all of those working in the field.
This guide will serve as a first stop for practitioners and researchers in any organization or region and as a key reference on the subject.
Along with concise, practical information for a variety of specific systems and issues, it gives many suggestions for further research.