Alternative Forest Restoration Techniques

The Use of Forest Restoration Techniques in the Restoration of Coral Reefs

Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology ◽

10.15406/jamb.2015.02.00011 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tiffany Babcock

Keyword(s):

Coral Reefs ◽

Forest Restoration ◽

Restoration Techniques

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Collaboration and Conflict—Developing Forest Restoration Techniques for Northern Thailand’s Upper Watersheds Whilst Meeting the Needs of Science and Communities

Forests ◽

10.3390/f10090732 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 732 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Stephen Elliott ◽

Sutthathorn Chairuangsri ◽

Cherdsak Kuaraksa ◽

Sudarat Sangkum ◽

Kwankhao Sinhaseni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Forest Restoration ◽

National Park ◽

Local Community ◽

Water Security ◽

Research Unit ◽

Scientific Basis ◽

Prevention Measures ◽

Chiang Mai ◽

Forest Landscape Restoration ◽

Restoration Techniques

This paper describes an early example of Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), which resulted from collaboration between a university, local community, and national park authority in the upper Mae Sa Valley, near Chiang Mai City, northern Thailand. Working together, the Hmong community of Ban Mae Sa Mai, Doi Suthep National Park Authority and Chiang Mai University’s Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU-CMU) established a chronosequence of trial restoration plots from 1996 to 2013, to test the framework-species method of forest restoration. The project developed successful restoration techniques and gained insights into the factors that influence villagers’ participation in forest restoration. Recovery of forest biomass, carbon storage, structure, biodiversity and ecological functioning exceeded expectations. Villagers appreciated the improved water security resulting from the project, as well as a better relationship with the park authority and increased land security. Recently, however, tree chopping and a breakdown in fire-prevention measures (perhaps symptoms of “project fatigue”) have threatened the sustainability of the plot system. The project demonstrates the importance of a sound scientific basis for forest restoration projects, long-term institutional support, and appropriate funding mechanisms, to achieve sustainability.

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Restauración adaptable en la Meseta Purépecha, Michoacán, México: hacia un modelo de estados y transiciones

Botanical Sciences ◽

10.17129/botsci.1754 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Roberto Lindig-Cisneros ◽

Arnulfo Blanco-García ◽

Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero ◽

Pedro Alvarado-Sosa ◽

Nancy Alejandre-Melena

Keyword(s):

Secondary Succession ◽

Forest Restoration ◽

Stable State ◽

Natural Disturbances ◽

Restoration Project ◽

Adaptive Restoration ◽

Restoration Techniques ◽

State And Transition Models ◽

Transition Models ◽

Pinus Pseudostrobus

Ecological restoration requires appropriate techniques for reaching desired goals. The combination of human and natural disturbances can create states that prevent the development of mature forests through secondary succession, or can slow down the transition. A conceptual scheme based on state and transition models is developed for pine forest restoration in the Purépecha Plateau. Information gathered from an adaptive restoration project initiated in 2001 in collaboration with the Indigenous Community of Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro is synthesized. One stable state is described, namely tephra deposits locally known as arenales, and restoration techniques for making the transition to a desirable state dominated by Pinus pseudostrobus are examined

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Tree Communities in Three-Year-Old Post-Mining Sites Under Different Forest Restoration Techniques in the Brazilian Amazon

Forests ◽

10.3390/f11050527 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 527

Author(s):

Denis Conrado da Cruz ◽

José María Rey Benayas ◽

Gracialda Costa Ferreira ◽

Sabrina Santos Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Natural Regeneration ◽

Forest Restoration ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Permanent Plots ◽

Mining Sites ◽

Seed Sources ◽

Restoration Techniques ◽

Tree Composition

Forest loss and degradation in the Brazilian Amazon due to mining activities has been intense for many years. To reverse this situation, a range of restoration programs for deforested and degraded areas have been created and implemented. The aim of this study was to analyze the tree composition, successional stage, dispersal and pollination syndromes, conservation status of tree species, and proximity to seed sources under different forest restoration techniques (seedling planting, natural regeneration, and assisted natural regeneration or nucleation) implemented in post-mining sites in the Paragominas municipality (Pará, Brazil). Sixty permanent plots with a restoration age of three years were selected for tree sampling. A total of 119 species, 83 genera and 27 botanical families were identified. Sites restored with different techniques significantly differed in tree composition. Seedling planting sites exhibited the highest abundance, species richness, and diversity values. These were dominated less by pioneer species when compared to the natural regeneration and nucleation sites. Entomophilic pollination and zoochory dispersal were highly represented in the three types of restored sites. Abundance and species richness were negatively correlated with distance from plots to seed sources, and they sharply declined in natural regeneration and nucleation plots at >250 m from seed sources. Four threatened species were identified in the restored sites. We conclude that a combination of different restoration strategies at three-year-old post-mining restoration sites in the Brazilian Amazon results in the recovery of considerable levels of local tree diversity.

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