A more integrated view of the topic than existing titles, combining social and ecological aspects

Emphasis on landscape scale

Balanced international perspectives and examples, including developing nations and tropics

Chapter contributions by respected researchers

New' agenda for restoration (landscape focus, restoration of function) will have strong appeal to those with a utilitarian philosophy

I. Setting Goals.- 1. A Tool for Comparing Alternative Forest Landscape Restoration Scenarios.- 2. Forest Landscape Restoration in the Netherlands: Policy Aspects and Knowledge Management.- 3. Incorporating Social and Natural Science in the Restoration of an Indonesian Conservation Forest: A Case Study from Jambi.- II. Restoring Biodiversity.- 4. Forest Landscape Restoration in China.- 5. Managing Forest Stand Structures to Enhance Conservation of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica).- 6. Restoration of Forests Associated with New Town Development in Hong Kong.- 7. Integrating Scientific Research with Community Needs to Restore Forest Landscapes in Northern Thailand: A Case Study of Ban Mae Sa Ma.- 8. Non-native Plants and Adaptive Collaborative Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration in the United States.- 9. Restoring Fire-Adapted Forests in Eastern North America For Biodiversity Conservation and Hazardous Fuels Reduction.- 10. Forest Landscape Restoration: Linkages with Stream Fishes of the Southern United States.- III. Restoring Ecological Functioning and Livelihoods.- 11. Restoration of Deforested and Degraded Areas in Africa.- 12 Restoration of Southern Pine Forests after the Southern Pine Beetle.- 13. Forest Landscape Restoration in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin.- 14. Restoring Broadleaved Forests in Southern Sweden as Climate Changes.- 15. Restoring Floodplain Forests in Europe.- 16. Restoration of Freshwater Cypress-Tupelo Wetlands in the Southeastern US Following Severe Hurricanes.- 17. Planted Forests and Trees Can Restore Landscapes and Alleviate Poverty.