Governing and Delivering a Biome-Wide Restoration Initiative: The Case of Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil

Diretor para a Mata Atlântica da Conservação Internacional, doutorando do Laboratório de Gestão Ambiental, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Florestais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Brazil

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Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, Brazil

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Secretaria Executiva do Pacto pela Restauração da Mata Atlântica, Rua do Horto, 931, Casa das Reservas da Biosfera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Global Forest and Climate Change Programa (GFCCP), International Union for Conservation of Nature, Washington, DC, USA

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Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Restoration (LERF), Department of Biological Sciences, ESALQ, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias,11, P.O. Box 9, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

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Laboratory of Tropical Forestry (LASTROP), Department of Forest Sciences, ESALQ—University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias,11, P.O. Box 9, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

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Forests 2014, 5(9), 2212-2229; https://doi.org/10.3390/f5092212

Received: 11 February 2014 / Revised: 2 September 2014 / Accepted: 4 September 2014 / Published: 19 September 2014

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Governing Forest Restoration: Social, Environmental and Institutional Dimensions)

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In many human-modified tropical landscapes, biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services require large-scale restoration initiatives. Such initiatives must be able to augment the amount and the quality of remaining natural habitats. There is thus a growing need for long-term, multi-stakeholder and multi-purpose initiatives that result in multiple ecological and socioeconomic benefits at the biome scale. The Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact (AFRP) is a coalition of 260+ stakeholders, including governmental agencies, private sector, NGOs and research institutions, aimed at restoring 15 million ha of degraded and deforested lands by 2050. By articulating, and then integrating common interests, this initiative has allowed different sectors of society to implement an ambitious vision and create a forum for public and private concerns regarding forest restoration. The AFRP adopts a set of governance tools so multiple actors can implement key processes to achieve long-term and visionary restoration goals. Having overcome some initial challenges, AFRP now has to incorporate underrepresented stakeholders and enhance its efforts to make forest restoration more economically viable, including cases where restoration could be less expensive and profitable. The AFRP experience has resulted in many lessons learned, which can be shared to foster similar initiatives across tropical regions. View Full-Text

Keywords: Atlantic Forest; governance; restoration; Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact

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Pinto, S.R.; Melo, F.; Tabarelli, M.; Padovesi, A.; Mesquita, C.A.; De Mattos Scaramuzza, C.A.; Castro, P.; Carrascosa, H.; Calmon, M.; Rodrigues, R.; César, R.G.; Brancalion, P.H.S. Governing and Delivering a Biome-Wide Restoration Initiative: The Case of Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil. Forests 2014, 5, 2212-2229. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5092212

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Pinto SR, Melo F, Tabarelli M, Padovesi A, Mesquita CA, De Mattos Scaramuzza CA, Castro P, Carrascosa H, Calmon M, Rodrigues R, César RG, Brancalion PHS. Governing and Delivering a Biome-Wide Restoration Initiative: The Case of Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil. Forests. 2014; 5(9):2212-2229. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5092212

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Pinto, Severino R., Felipe Melo, Marcelo Tabarelli, Aurélio Padovesi, Carlos A. Mesquita, Carlos A. De Mattos Scaramuzza, Pedro Castro, Helena Carrascosa, Miguel Calmon, Ricardo Rodrigues, Ricardo G. César, and Pedro H.S. Brancalion. 2014. "Governing and Delivering a Biome-Wide Restoration Initiative: The Case of Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil" Forests 5, no. 9: 2212-2229. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5092212

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