Abstract
The case is a private initiative in Peruvian Amazon reforesting with native tree species on degraded lands for timber and carbon purposes. By 2018 around 870 hectares have been reforested and additionally 124 hectares are being restored through protection measures and assisted natural regeneration. The paper describes the local context and project design, the technical and social aspects of project implementation, the outcomes and challenges after 12 years, including some reflections on success factors, lessons learned and implications for other forest landscape restoration (FLR) projects.
Highlights
A degraded forest land can be defined as “former forest land severely damaged by the excessive harvesting of wood and/or non-wood forest products, poor management, repeated fire, grazing or other disturbances or land-uses that damage soil and vegetation to a degree that inhibits or severely delays the re-establishment of forest after abandonment“ [1]
Forest restoration efforts in some tropical regions are experimenting with mixtures of native and non-native tree species with the goal of enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services, including sustainable timber production [7]
The Amazon region date back to experiences forest restoration/rehabilitation been conducted by government agencies often over half with a century, mostly carried out at anhave experimental/demonstration scale and primarily with involvement of research increasingly by smallholders and local communities focusing on plantations withinstitutions, commercial and exotic and native timber species [10,11,12,13,14]
Summary
A degraded forest land can be defined as “former forest land severely damaged by the excessive harvesting of wood and/or non-wood forest products, poor management, repeated fire, grazing or other disturbances or land-uses that damage soil and vegetation to a degree that inhibits or severely delays the re-establishment of forest after abandonment“ [1]. Forest restoration efforts in some tropical regions are experimenting with mixtures of native and non-native tree species with the goal of enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services, including sustainable timber production [7]. Past efforts to restore or rehabilitate degraded forest lands in the Amazon region date back to Forests 2018, 8, x FOR PEER REVIEW over half a century, mostly carried out at an experimental/demonstration scale and primarily focusing on plantations with exotic anddegraded native timber. The Amazon region date back to experiences forest restoration/rehabilitation been conducted by government agencies often over half with a century, mostly carried out at anhave experimental/demonstration scale and primarily with involvement of research increasingly by smallholders and local communities focusing on plantations withinstitutions, commercial and exotic and native timber species [10,11,12,13,14]. It is considered a model of good reforestation practicesSite, in the Amazonand andSupport the first experience of reforestation with native species in receiving the
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