Manila Declaration on Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making It Happen
by
Robin L. Chazdon 1,2,*
, John Herbohn 2,3,*, 
Sharif A. Mukul 2,*, Nestor Gregorio 2, Liz Ota 2, Rhett D. Harrison 4, Patrick B. Durst 5,†, Rafael B. Chaves 6,7, Arturo Pasa 8, James G. Hallett 9, J. David Neidel 10, Cathy Watson 11 and Victoria Gutierrez 12
Robin L. Chazdon 1,2,*, John Herbohn 2,3,*, Sharif A. Mukul 2,*, Nestor Gregorio 2, Liz Ota 2, Rhett D. Harrison 4, Patrick B. Durst 5,†, Rafael B. Chaves 6,7, Arturo Pasa 8, James G. Hallett 9, J. David Neidel 10, Cathy Watson 11 and Victoria Gutierrez 12
1
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
2
Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia
3
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
4
World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 13 Elm Road, Woodlands, Lusaka 999134, Zambia
5
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
6
Secretariat for the Environment of the State of São Paulo, Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo SP 05459-900, Brazil
7
Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP 05508-090, Brazil
8
College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Visayas State University, Baybay, Leyte 6521, Philippines
9
Society for Ecological Restoration, Washington, DC 20005, USA
10
Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
11
World Agroforestry (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30677, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
12
Commonland, Kraanspoor 26, 1033 SE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
retired.
Forests 2020, 11(6), 685; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060685
Received: 16 May 2020 / Revised: 9 June 2020 / Accepted: 13 June 2020 / Published: 18 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forest and Landscape Restoration—Making it Happen)
Globally, Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) is gaining widespread recognition from governments and policymakers for its potential to restore key ecosystem services and to improve human wellbeing. We organized an international conference on FLR, titled—Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making it Happen, between 25–27 February 2019 in Manila, the Philippines with 139 participants from 22 countries. The Forest and Landscape Restoration Standards (FLoRES) task force also met prior to the conference, which included a field visit to a pilot community-based forest reforestation site in Biliran Island, the Philippines. Based on the three-day conference, case study presentations, and FLoRES task force meeting, we prepared the Manila Declaration on Forest and Landscape Restoration to highlight the need to support quality of FLR efforts and outcomes in the tropics. Here we provide a synthesis of the main messages of the conference, with key outcomes including the Manila Declaration on Forest and Landscape Restoration, and ways forward to make quality FLR happen on the ground.
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Keywords:
forest restoration; ecosystem services; ecological integrity; livelihood; Bonn Challenge; Sustainable Development Goals
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Chazdon, R.L.; Herbohn, J.; Mukul, S.A.; Gregorio, N.; Ota, L.; Harrison, R.D.; Durst, P.B.; Chaves, R.B.; Pasa, A.; Hallett, J.G.; Neidel, J.D.; Watson, C.; Gutierrez, V. Manila Declaration on Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making It Happen. Forests 2020, 11, 685.
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