The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) have been responsible for establishing a state-of-the-art methodology for identifying opportunities for restoration. The Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology (ROAM) is helping governments and regions work out which areas to focus on for restoration schemes. However, ROAM is principally about where, rather than how, to restore landscapes. To address this gap, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) commissioned a group of scientists, including Lars Graudal, co-leader of the World Agroforestry Centre’s Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery Programme, to examine the issue in detail. Their findings were published in ‘Forest Landscape Restoration as a Key Component of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’ and launched at the Paris meeting. There are three different areas where restoration can take place: remote areas with few people; areas which are, or were, largely covered by forest; and mosaic landscapes – although the three are not mutually exclusive.
Publication year
2016
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English
