Ten people‐centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration

Elias, Marlène; Kandel, Matt; Mansourian, Stéphanie; Meinzen‐Dick, Ruth; Crossland, Mary; Joshi, Deepa; Kariuki, Juliet B.; Lee, Lynn C.; McElwee, Pamela; Sen, Amrita; Sigman, Emily; Singh, Ruchika; Adamczyk, Emily M.; Addoah, Thomas; Agaba, Genevieve; Alare, Rahinatu Sidiki; Anderson, Will; Arulingam, Indika; Bellis, SG̱iids Ḵung Vanessa; Birner, Regina; Silva, Sanjiv de; Dubois, Mark; Duraisami, Marie; Featherstone, Mike; Gallant, Bryce; Hakhu, Arunima; Irvine, Robyn L.; Kiura, Esther; Magaju, Christine; McDougall, Cynthia; McNeill, Gwiisihlgaa Daniel; Nagendra, Harini; Nghi, Tran Huu; Okamoto, Daniel K.; Valencia, Ana Maria Paez; Pagella, Tim; Pontier, Ondine; Post, Miranda; Saunders, Gary W.; Schreckenberg, Kate; Shelar, Karishma; Sinclair, F.L.; Gautam, Rajendra Singh; Spindel, Nathan B.; Unnikrishnan, Hita; Wilson, Gulxa taa’a gaagii ng.aang Nadine; Winowiecki, Leigh A.

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“…Recognizing these diverse ways of interacting with the restoration process is fundamental to designing effective restoration interventions (Elias et al 2022). Beyond engagement, it is fundamentally important to truly and effectively respond to local needs and ensure that local populations see restoration as a valuable mechanism that contributes to their social, cultural or economic wellbeing (Elias et al 2022). Devolution was seen as essential, yet, in some cases, local authorities may be given the responsibility but not the means to cope effectively (e.g., in Ecuador; Wiegant et al 2020).…”

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“…However, it is difficult to compare these costs directly as often different elements are included (e.g., labour, inputs), and the starting social and ecological conditions may be more or less complex. The distribution of costs and benefits is frequently spread across different stakeholders, with less powerful groups often bearing the higher costs (Elias et al 2022). Although financial measures to promote restoration proved effective in Costa Rica and Espírito Santo, legal measures to punish those converting forests have in some cases proven less effective (e.g., in Ethiopia).…”

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“…Multiple stakeholders at different levelsfrom local to national authorities, local communities and international actorshave a role to play in restoration (Mansourian 2016), although each stakeholder group will have a different position of power, ability to influence the outcome and stake in the process, as well as bearing different costs and obtaining different benefits. Recognizing these diverse ways of interacting with the restoration process is fundamental to designing effective restoration interventions (Elias et al 2022). Beyond engagement, it is fundamentally important to truly and effectively respond to local needs and ensure that local populations see restoration as a valuable mechanism that contributes to their social, cultural or economic wellbeing (Elias et al 2022).…”

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Summary Forest restoration is receiving increased attention from many public and private actors, but few large-scale experiences exist. We explored 10 cases where forest cover had either increased or stabilized or where there was a significant drive towards forest expansion to understand which factors can facilitate the scaling up of forest restoration. We developed a data collection checklist to search the literature and we interviewed key informants. Our analysis identified 15 motivating factors for forest restoration, including the desire to mitigate land degradation, droughts or floods or to contribute to biodiversity conservation. We also identified some factors that facilitate the implementation of forest restoration, such as a supportive policy framework that includes forest restoration plans, financial incentives, truly collaborative arrangements, tenure rights to forests, trees and specific goods and services from these, the roles of specialized agencies, external stakeholders, local communities and local authorities. For restoration to be sustained, it is necessary to integrate it into national institutions, ensure sectoral integration across landscapes, ensure diversified and long-term financing and embed it in local institutions.

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“…Various authors go farther and are much more emphatic in their defense of Indigenous Peoples' rights, which implies protecting TEK, and the restoration of knowledge, language, biodiversity, and ecological functions (Robinson et al 2021). Elias et al (2021) said there should be a turn toward people-centered restoration strategies, and list 10 people-centered rules to guarantee restoration projects are acceptable. Restoration projects have to go accordingly to established international agreements and partake in proactively safeguarding intellectual property and data sovereignty rights.…”

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The challenge of participatory restoration in rural areas

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2022

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Restoration is a prominent field of research and of restoration projects that seek to recover degraded and dysfunctional ecosystems and the services they provide. Humanity’s environmental crisis has increased awareness of the urgent need to conserve ecosystems and their biodiversity. Many countries and international organizations have set ambitious plans and restoration targets. This paper emphasizes on current themes such as landscape restoration, invasive species, novel ecosystems, and the necessary involvement of local communities in ecological restoration. It is focused mainly on tropical forest ecosystems. Another aim of this paper is a review of the results obtained in diverse restoration practices that concentrate on inducing secondary succession processes in tropical forests. It draws heavily on case studies from Mexico. Members of society should play an active role in restoration planning and implementation. Social participation is central to the success and sustainability of restoration projects. Traditional ecological knowledge is essential in many projects, and there should be careful consideration of the ethics involved. In the coming years, we will probably see a surge in the unassisted revegetation and reforestation of many abandoned rural areas making the understanding and managing of these restoration processes necessary and crucial. Finally, a set of guidelines that view restoration as a long-term social and ecological process is given.

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“…3 Local populations may have altogether different objectives, such as food security, nutrition, and soil fertility. 4 "FLR harnesses the power of nature to provide benefits to people's livelihoods, improve access to essential resources, create and restore habitats for countless species, and store vast amounts of carbon to help mitigate climate change. "…”

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Forest Landscape Restoration and Gender

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Ten people‐centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration

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Cited by 30 publications

References 49 publications

Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?

Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?

The challenge of participatory restoration in rural areas

Forest Landscape Restoration and Gender

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