Opportunities for Integrating Social Science into Research on Dry Forest Restoration: A Mini-Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Case for Integration of Social Science into Tropical Dry Forest Restoration Research and Practice
3. People-Centered Restoration
4. Cost–Benefit Analyses
5. Identification of Land-Use Tradeoffs and Synergisms and Priority MappING
6. Discussion and Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Search Terms | Total Number of References | Percentage of “Tropical Dry Forest Restoration” |
---|---|---|
tropical dry forest restoration soci* | 99 | 14.80 |
tropical dry forest restoration species selection | 43 | 6.43 |
tropical dry forest restoration cost* benefit* | 25 | 3.74 |
tropical dry forest restoration livelihood* | 23 | 3.44 |
tropical dry forest restoration local ecological knowledge | 15 | 2.24 |
tropical dry forest restoration | 669 | 100.00 |
Topic | Key Collaborators from Social Sciences and Other Fields | Recent Examples in the Literature |
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Achieving people-centered restoration for better outcomes; selection of species to plant based on local preferences and valorization; environmental education as a key dimension of restoration | Anthropologists, environmental educators, governance and policy experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local communities | [16,17,32,34,35] |
Cost benefit or effectiveness analyses of restoration practices | Economists | [36,37] |
Identification of land-use synergies, trade-offs, and priority mapping | Geographers, GIS and remote sensing specialists, and economists | [29,37,38,39,40,41,42] |
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Chicago/Turabian StylePowers, Jennifer S. 2022. "Opportunities for Integrating Social Science into Research on Dry Forest Restoration: A Mini-Review" Sustainability 14, no. 12: 7351. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127351