Disturbance vs' Degradation

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What is forest restoration ?
2

• Draft restoration course
• Forest ecosystem restoration in boreal and
  temperate zones
• Introduction - 2 days
• Society and landowner aims of restoration - now
  and in the future
• policy
• economy
• industry and wood market
• Ecological restoraion
• idiology
• teori
• links to practise
• What is forest restoration ?
• What is natural?

• Future climate - Mediterranean or ice age?
• Restoration targets - multifunctional (?)
• biodiversity
• stability
• wood production
• economy
• improved environment
• protection of genetic pools
• wildlife
• recreation
• property value / pleasure of ownership
• scale

3

• Draft restoration course
• Forest ecosystem restoration in boreal and
  temperate zones
• Field trips - 2 days
• Sessions - 4 days
• Management oriented
• Afforestation
• Reforestation
• Rehabilitation / conversion
• Forest structure and disturbance
• Close-to-nature management
• Target oriented
• Genetic aspects
• Environment
• Biodiversity
• Recreation and aesthetics
• Modelling for restoration

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Degradation and Re-CreationParallel Pathways
Idealized Natural Forest