While restoration ecology has traditionally aimed to re-create some putative more ¿natural¿ ecological state, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged over the last decade as an approach aimed more at restoring natural functions, while focusing on meeting human needs.With a view to exploring the practical potential of this approach, this book draws together a team of experts from the natural and social sciences to discuss its success so far in addressing critical issues such as biodiversity, ecological function, and human livelihoods. Applying principles of landscape ecology, restoration ecology, planning theory and conflict management, the book presents a series of case studies which document the approach, and discusses how the approach can help with priority setting for the future.The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.

A more integrated view of the topic than existing titles, combining social and ecological aspects

I. Setting Goals.- 1. A Tool for Comparing Alternative Forest Landscape Restoration Scenarios.- 2. Forest Landscape Restoration in the Netherlands: Policy Aspects and Knowledge Management.- 3. Incorporating Social and Natural Science in the Restoration of an Indonesian  Conservation Forest: A Case Study from Jambi.- II. Restoring Biodiversity.- 4. Forest Landscape Restoration in China.- 5. Managing Forest Stand Structures to Enhance Conservation of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica).- 6. Restoration of Forests Associated with New Town Development in Hong Kong.- 7. Integrating Scientific Research with Community Needs to Restore Forest Landscapes in Northern Thailand: A Case Study of Ban Mae Sa Ma.- 8. Non-native Plants and Adaptive Collaborative Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration in the United States.- 9. Restoring Fire-Adapted Forests in Eastern North America For Biodiversity Conservation and Hazardous Fuels Reduction.- 10. Forest Landscape Restoration: Linkages with Stream Fishes of the Southern United States.- III. Restoring Ecological Functioning and Livelihoods.- 11. Restoration of Deforested and Degraded Areas in Africa.- 12 Restoration of Southern Pine Forests after the Southern Pine Beetle.- 13. Forest Landscape Restoration in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin.- 14. Restoring Broadleaved Forests in Southern Sweden as Climate Changes.- 15. Restoring Floodplain Forests in Europe.-  16. Restoration of Freshwater Cypress-Tupelo Wetlands in the Southeastern US Following  Severe Hurricanes.- 17. Planted Forests and Trees Can Restore Landscapes and Alleviate Poverty.