Governments and international organizations are promoting or drafting programs to
undertake Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) of hundreds of millions of hectares of …

In response to substantial deforestation over many decades, large scale reforestation
programs are being implemented across many tropical developing countries. Examples …

This review of the relationship between biodiversity, carbon storage and the provision of
other ecosystem services was carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme …

A mixed species reforestation program known as the Rainforestation Farming system was
undertaken in the Philippines to develop forms of farm forestry more suitable for …

Shifting cultivation is a widespread practice in tropical forested areas that policy makers
often regard as the major cause of forest degradation. Secondary fallow forests regrowing …

The limited supply of high quality planting materials for a wide species base is a major
reason for the limited success of reforestation programmes or projects in many developing …

The successful establishment and growth of mixed-species forest plantations requires that
complementary or facilitatory species be identified. This can be difficult in many tropical …

In tropical countries where little natural forest remains, such as the Philippines, small‐holder
monocultures and mixed‐species plantations potentially provide conservation values by …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) supports essential functions in terrestrial biomes and global
biogeochemical cycles, and tropical tree plantations are often called upon to reverse …

Community forestry in Nepal is an example of a successful participatory forest management
program. Developments in community forestry in four decades have focused on the social …