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Spatial congruence among indicators of recovery completeness in a Mediterranean forest landscape: Implications for planning large-scale restoration KU Leuven
© 2019 Natural regeneration has been proposed as a cost-effective forest restoration approach for both small and large-scale initiatives. However, attributes for assessing the success of forest restoration through natural regeneration may vary among them in spatial patterns depending on the scale of analysis and on environmental gradients. Here we analysed the spatial patterns of recovery completeness (i.e. how similar attributes in restored ...
Soil properties and neighbouring forest cover affect above-ground biomass and functional composition during tropical forest restoration Ghent University
Restoration Potential of Desa’a Forest, a Large Threatened Dryland Forest in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia KU Leuven
Desa'a, one of the last dry Afromontane forest ecosystems of Ethiopia, is under tremendous anthropogenic pressure and natural diebacks resulting in a contraction of the forest. These days, there is a need growing to restore this forest and some efforts are already in place. However, to bring efficient restoration options, information on the resources available, water availability and plant response to different exposures for example, remained ...
Dynamic seed zones to guide climate-smart seed sourcing for tropical dry forest restoration in Colombia KU Leuven
Tree-based forest landscape restoration interventions require knowledge on the suitability and origin of seed sources and planting material. A common recommendation is to select locally sourced material based on the assumption that it is well adapted to local environmental conditions and to avoid introduction of maladapted genes. However, faced with accelerating climate change, it may be prudent to supplement local provenances with ...
Forest for people in the Peruvian Amazon: Livelihood contributions, conservation and restoration KU Leuven
Forests make fundamental contributions to the global environment and human societies, strengthening livelihoods, providing goods and services, conserving biodiversity and mitigating the effects of climate change. Nonetheless, the threat of deforestation, resulting from land use change decisions at different levels, continues to grow, affecting the subsistence of millions of people worldwide. Despite these challenges, a good understanding of the ...
In situ persistence of African wild olive and forest restoration in degraded semiarid savanna KU Leuven Ghent University
The ability to produce vegetative shoots is a form of persistence in and and semiarid savannas allowing trees to survive herbivory, fire and cutting. In terms of growth rates and survival, this form of rejuvenation may be more successful than recruitment via seed rain or dormant seeds in the seed bank. For this reason, resprouting could play in important role in the tree canopy and forest microclimate recovery and forest succession.
Management Interventions to Assist Restoration of Degraded Dry Afromontane Forest N. Ethiopia KU Leuven
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 SUMMARY Tropical deforestationcontinues to threaten biodiversity and forest-based livelihoods. In thiscontext, management of the remaining forests is becoming an increasinglyimportant component of sustainable land management options. This isparticularly evident in the dry afromontane regions of Ethiopia where there isnear to ...