Guidelines for Climate Adaptive Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects

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Guidelines for Climate Adaptive Forest Restoration and Reforestation Projects addresses a critical problem in the field of forestry: how to manage the need of targeted seedlings for planting projects under climate change. Edited by experts in the field, this necessary guide focuses on the production and deployment of climate-adapted species and material that is essential for successful regeneration and restoration. It is an ideal resource for students of ecology, forest managers, and practitioners who contribute to the well-being of forest ecosystems.

As forestry professionals often grapple with the complexities of climate impacts and the need to adapt forest management practices to the changing climate while preserving biodiversity and maintaining sustainable ecosystems, this is a welcomed resource.

• Provides guidance on the selection of tree species and production of quality seedlings for restoring and reforesting resilient forests in a changing environment
• Offers an unparalleled compendium of species-specific best practices for growing forest reproductive material for focal site conditions
• Introduces a groundbreaking initiative by defining a common terminology for forest restoration and reforestation
• Probes deeply into the most effective practices for establishing forests, including post-planting protection and silviculture techniques

Dr Stanturf is a visiting Professor, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Retired Senior Scientist, US Forest Service. His research focuses on forest landscape restoration, disturbance ecology, climate change adaptation, and bioenergy. He earned MSc and PhD Forest Soils from Cornell University. Awards include an Honorary Doctorate from the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Distinguished Science Award from the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Distinguished Service Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). He has conducted research in temperate and tropical forests in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He also worked on REDD+, climate change vulnerability, and related issues in Africa through consultancies with the US Agency for International Development. He continues to consult and conduct training through IUFRO on Forest Landscape Restoration in support of the Bonn Challenge and on sustainable forestry through InNovaSilva Aps, a Danish consulting firm.

Marcin Klisz is Associate Professor in Dendrolab IBL, Department of Silviculture and Forest Tree Genetics, Forest Research Institute (Poland). He has extensive research experience in species selection and SDM, forest tree breeding, provenance experiments, dendrochronology and dendroanatomy. He has closely cooperation with State Forests in Poland. He maintains an extensive international collaboration network and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He is guest editor of Frontiers in Plant Science. Home office: Forest Research Institute, Department of Silviculture and Forest Tree Genetics, Braci Lesnej Street, No 3, Sekocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn (POLAND). Email: m.klisz@ibles.waw.pl

Pedro Villar Salvador is Associate Professor in Ecology at the Department of Life Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá (Spain). He has extensive research experience in forest restoration, plant nursery cultivation, ecophysiology of Mediterranean woody species, and oak natural regeneration. He has worked as a freelance researcher on the quality and cultivation of forest plants for the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Environment for 10 years. He maintains an extensive international collaboration network and has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He was associate editor of New Forests and Canadian Journal of Forest Research and coordinated the Ecosystem Restoration master's degree for 8 years.

Barbara Mariotti is a researcher and course holder of Species Silviculture at DAGRI Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Italy. Her main research interests are forest nursery stock production and quality assessment, natural and artificial regeneration; silviculture of planted forests, ; and chestnut stands cultivation. Home office: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze

Vladan Ivetić is a Full Professor at University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry, on a group of subjects related to forest reproductive material, forest establishment, and forest plantations, at all three academic levels. He was a visiting professor at University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland, University in Voronjez, Russia, and University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland. He is a member of IUFRO International Council; Editor-In-Chief of Reforesta journal (focused on reforestation and forest establishment issues), and an expert in various projects of IUCN, UNDP, and FAO. He has published 171 references, including 94 in peer- reviewed journals, one University Book, one Practicum, and two patents, all related to forest reproductive material and active forest restoration. He participated in a total of 51 research projects, including 13 of them as leader. Contact info: Faculty of Forestry, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia