Natural regeneration as a tool for large‐scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges

RL Chazdon, MR Guariguata - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A major global effort to enable cost‐effective natural regeneration is needed to achieve
ambitious forest and landscape restoration goals. Natural forest regeneration can potentially …

The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests

CC Jakovac, AB Junqueira, R Crouzeilles… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in
the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within …

Global understanding of farmland abandonment: A review and prospects

S Li, X Li - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some develo** countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

[HTML][HTML] Forest Resources Assessment of 2015 shows positive global trends but forest loss and degradation persist in poor tropical countries

S Sloan, JA Sayer - Forest Ecology and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 shows that deforestation has
slowed and afforestation has increased globally during 1990–2015. Planted forests have …

Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in tropical regions

EF Lambin, HJ Geist, E Lepers - Annual review of environment …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
We highlight the complexity of land-use/cover change and propose a framework for a more
general understanding of the issue, with emphasis on tropical regions. The review …

[КНИГА][B] Liberation ecologies: environment, development and social movements

R Peet, M Watts - 2004 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Liberation Ecologies brings together some of the most exciting theorists in the field to
explore the impact of political ecology in today's develo** world. The book casts new light …

[КНИГА][B] Green development: Environment and sustainability in a develo** world

B Adams - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

[КНИГА][B] Nature's matrix: linking agriculture, biodiversity conservation and food sovereignty

I Perfecto, J Vandermeer, A Wright - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the
conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the …

The potential for species conservation in tropical secondary forests

RL Chazdon, CA Peres, D Dent, D Sheil… - Conservation …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In the wake of widespread loss of old‐growth forests throughout the tropics, secondary
forests will likely play a growing role in the conservation of forest biodiversity. We considered …