The concept of forest landscape restoration (FLR) is being widely adopted around the globe
by governmental, non‐governmental agencies, and the private sector, all of whom see FLR
as an approach that contributes to multiple global sustainability goals. Originally, FLR was
designed with a clearly integrative dimension across sectors, stakeholders, space and time,
and in particular across the natural and social sciences. Yet, in practice, this integration
remains a challenge in many FLR efforts. Reflecting this lack of integration are the continued …

In this chapter, we reflect back on three key questions posed upfront: 1: What are some of
the integration challenges for forest landscape restoration (FLR)? 2: What can we learn from
other large-scale land use initiatives, frameworks or approaches? 3: How can integrated
approaches improve FLR decision-making processes? Five significant integration
challenges for FLR were identified:(1) Narrow silo-based approaches cannot address the
diversity of issues present in landscapes being restored.(2) Progress is hampered by a lack …