Forest landscape restoration: Progress in the last decade and remaining challenges

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 281-288

  Mansourian, Stephanie ^a,b   Dudley, Nigel ^c,d   Vallauri, Daniel ^e  

^a Mansourian org Consultancy   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c EQUILIBRIUM RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WWF   (France)

Author keywords

Bonn Challenge; Forest quality; Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees; Landscape governance; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031827102     PISSN: 15224740     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.35.4.281     Document Type: Review

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