A framework for drivers fostering social-ecological restoration within forest landscape based on people’s participation. A systematic literature review

• DOI: 10.1007/s43621-023-00141-x
• Publication Date: 2023-06-08T14:02:07Z
• Authors: Leonidas Maniraho; Marina Frietsch; Stefan Sieber; Katharina Löhr
• Keywords: Restoration Ecology; environmental restoration

Abstract Degradation exacerbates food and water insecurity, economic hardship, biodiversity loss, the devastating effects of climate change. Given that ecosystem restoration is a global challenge, United Nations declared 2021 to 2030 as Decade Ecosystem Restoration. Many ecological projects overlook social perspectives, resulting in unsuccessful outcomes within Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). Against this background, we review social-ecological frameworks summarize seven key balanced drivers could help enhance adoption dynamic context. The relate including most affected communities, privileging local knowledge practices, empowering representatives opinion leaders, ensuring environmental justice equity, targeting deep leverage points, aligning practices with needs aspirations, connecting neighboring communities. We argue will be effective if approached from perspective. In developing countries, establishing groups share savings credit structures households can sustainable approach. With increasing initiatives, taking perspective on approach offers new opportunities for both research practice. Social-ecological strategy support achievement development goals (SDGs) deliver net positive gains environmentally, socially, economically. Further studies should focus two cross-cutting aspects: at small large scales peace building restorative landscape.