Impacts of large-scale forest restoration on socioeconomic status and local livelihoods: what we know and do not know

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 731 - 744
• Main Authors: Adams, Cristina, Rodrigues, Sidney T., Calmon, Miguel, Kumar, Chetan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: case studies; China; Deforestation; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; employment opportunities; energy; Environmental restoration; forest governance; forest landscape restoration; Forest products; forest restoration; forests; governance; governança florestal; income; issues and policy; land productivity; Land tenure; livelihood; markets; modos de vida rurais; monitoring; nontimber forest products; off-farm employment; Poverty; reflorestamento; Reforestation; restauração; restauração de paisagens e florestas; REVIEW; society; socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; wood; China, People's Rep; China

Forests are sources of wood, non-timber forest products and ecosystems services and goods that benefit society as a whole, and are especially important to rural livelihoods. Forest landscape restoration (FLR) has been proposed as a way to counteract deforestation and reconcile the production of ecos...