Abstract
The paper suggests a minimum set of abiotic and biotic threshold indicators and progress indicators for forest landscape restoration (FLR), then also briefly discusses progress indicators of pressures and project outputs. FLR aims to restore multiple functions of forests at a landscape scale. It is predicated on the hypothesis that restoration produces enabling conditions for ecosystem services, including regulating services such as carbon sequestration and pollination, and provisioning services such as food and energy. As FLR gains greater uptake, it is increasingly important to monitor progress. The types of indicators required are influenced by the degree of forest loss and degradation. To measure the status of land under restoration, one or more abiotic and biotic threshold indicators are required, measuring the return of enabling conditions for restoration (soil quality, water, etc.), along with progress indicators measuring the reemergence of the ecosystem services. Although all elements of the proposed monitoring framework are well known, compiling them into a coherent system, suitable for application in a wide range of conditions, will take much further development.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-12 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Restoration Ecology |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2018 |
Funding
1Equilibrium Research, 47 The Quays, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UQ, U.K. 2School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia 3Address correspondence to N. Dudley, email [email protected] 4Department of Geography and Open Space Research Centre, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K. 5School of Water, Energy and the Environment, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, U.K. 6International Union for Conservation of Nature, Rue Mauverney 28, Gland, 1196, Switzerland 7ESiLi, Het Haam 16, Arnhem, KW 6846, The Netherlands 8Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022, U.S.A 9 5 Marshall Road, Cambridge, CB1 7TY, U.K. 10Department of Anthropology, University College London, Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW, U.K.
Keywords
- ecosystem functions
- ecosystem services
- forest
- monitoring
- restoration
- thresholds
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Ecology
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
