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A citizen's call for ecological forest restoration: forest restoration principles and criteria
| Author: |
Dellasala, D.A.; Martin, A.; Spivak, R. [and others] |
| Date: |
2003 |
| Periodical: |
Ecological Restoration |
| Link: |
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/kla/pubs/eco_restoration.pdf
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| Abstract: |
The CitizensÂ’ Call for Ecological Forest Restoration is proposed as a national policy framework to guide sound ecological restoration policy and projects. Through these restoration principles, we seek to articulate a collective vision of ecologically appropriate, scientifically supported forest restoration. Scientifically credible principles and criteria provide a yardstick with which to evaluate proposed forest restoration policies and projects that can be used both on the ground and in policy debates. While this paper was developed to respond to restoration policy and projects on federal lands, the principles and criteria are relevant to other land ownerships as well. By including social criteria, the restoration principles also help to bridge the gap between what is good for the forest and what is good for communities and workers. Moreover, by integrating science with community participation in restoration,
the principles are consistent with the expanded approach to ecological restoration as defined by Eric Higgs (1997). |
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