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ArticleSizing the restoration and the reclamation economy in Alberta
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.The recovery from the COVID‐19 crisis coincides with a critical opportunity to fight against ecosystem degradation and climate change by investing in the reclamation and restoration (R&R) economy. In this study, we quantify the scope of the R&R economy in the province of Alberta. A survey was distributed among R&R practitioners to quantify jobs, expenditures, and revenues of the R&R economy based on fiscal year 2018-2019. Based on 112 respondents, the survey highlights that the R&R economy in Alberta is robust and supported by a network of multidisciplinary stakeholders and businesses, composed of consultants (42.9%), industry (29.5%), government (8.9%), product and equipment suppliers (5.2%), academia (4.5%), service providers (4.5%), and NGOs (4.5%). Our results totaled 2 056 employees working at least part-time representing 1 488 full time equivalent positions. Business units range in size from one person to 400 employees and have a correspondingly wide range of revenues and expenditures, from less than CAD$50 000 to more than CAD$100 million per year. A high proportion of survey respondents (79.8%) reported an expectation of similar or increasing workload in the near future. While results highlighted reclamation had a higher profile than restoration activities, they do show that the strength of the R&R economy largely reflects, and is a result of, the regulatory framework that exists in resource-rich provinces. The socio-economic benefits of the R&R sector demonstrated in this study put in perspective the need to link regional R&R practitioner’s expertise with national and international environmental commitments on forest landscape restoration. Such linkages will increase the contribution from R&R businesses and practitioners to these commitments and will give decision-makers real life data to invest in this emerging sector as a piece of the broader green economy. Keywords: Employment, forest, landscape degradation, oil and gas, policy, revenues ID: 3480925 -
ArticleReforestation to mitigate changes to climate: More than just planting seedlings
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Global interest in reforestation to help mitigate climate change is increasing demand for nursery-produced seedlings. Often governments, the public, and non-profit organizations simplify reforestation to the physical act of tree planting without comprehension of the entirety of the process needed for reforestation to be successful. A range of tasks from planning to implementation to post-planting monitoring and care are necessary (i.e., the reforestation pipeline). And, often, a one-size-fits-all approach to reforestation is promoted without appreciation for the diversity of ecosystems needing restoration, exacerbated by climatic uncertainties that challenge reforestation conducted status quo. While some recent attention has focused attention on the reforestation pipeline, considering a climate-smart, or climate-informed approach to reforestation in conjunction with a smooth transition from initial tree planting to on-going forest management to support long-term resilience has yet to be fully explored. Considering reforestation more holistically and through a climate lens could provide more effective reforestation and increase the trajectory for achieving long-term climate, carbon, biodiversity, and social goals expected from initial tree planting efforts. Keywords: Reforestation, planting, climate change, nursery, forest management ID: 3617531 -
ArticleThe case for natural regeneration approaches in global reforestation efforts
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.There has been a flurry of recent interest increasing tree cover around the world, and a wave of financial commitments to implement it. This has further accelerated the enthusiasm for tree planting. Few would dispute that more trees are needed. What is peculiar is that almost universally, proponents favor tree planting as the sole means to achieve the goal. This view ignores the mounting evidence for the widespread effectiveness of approaches to establish greater tree cover through natural regeneration – farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR), community-based natural regeneration (CNRM), assisted natural regeneration (ANR), and passive natural regeneration. This article argues for a more balanced approach to tree establishment in largescale restoration programs, by considering the merits of both natural regeneration as well as tree planting. They are both valid approaches, and each has its place, particularly since tree planting alone is quite unlikely to achieve the scale necessary for the global repair of landscapes -- and to mitigate the climate emergency at the speed required. The paper examines the use of a wider palette of tree restoration tools. It is also a call to make this massive global regreening push a means to empower and enable the marginalized and poor farmers and land users, who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods, to restore the degrading environments on which they depend. The paper expands on three well-developed approaches to natural regeneration: FMNR of trees on agricultural land, and CMNR of trees on degraded forest and grazing lands, and the passive natural regeneration of forests on abandoned agricultural land. The evidence points toward the opportunity to support massively greater attention toward deploying these methods as critical tools in the restoration toolbox. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Biodiversity conservation, Climate change, Landscape management, Sustainable forest management ID: 3486688
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