Forest Restoration Following Earthquake Damage

Natural regeneration is sometimes sufficient for forests and other plant communities to recover after a disturbance. In the case of severe disturbances, however, this is unlikely to be true. Natural regeneration may occur in such cases but the rate is likely to be very slow. Hence, some form of intervention is needed. This note is aimed at highlighting some of the factors that might be needed in the initial stages of restoring forests to lands degraded by the Wenchuan earthquake.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Whitten, Anthony, Lamb, David
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-12
Subjects:	ACCESSIBLE SITES, AGRICULTURE, ANIMALS, BAMBOO, BATS, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOLOGY, BIOTA, BIRDS, BUFFER STRIPS, BUFFER ZONES, CONIFERS, CORRECTIVE ACTION, CORRIDORS, DIVERSITY OF SPECIES, ECONOMIC VALUE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, EROSION, EXOTIC SPECIES, FENCING, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZERS, FOOD PLANTS, FOREST, FOREST COVER, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST FLOOR, FOREST PATCHES, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST RESTORATION, FOREST WILDLIFE, FORESTS, FUELWOOD, GRAZING, HABITAT CONDITIONS, HABITAT PREFERENCES, HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, HABITATS, HERBIVORES, HUMAN POPULATIONS, INTACT FOREST, INTACT FORESTS, LAMB, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPES, LIVELIHOODS, MOUNDS, NATURAL REGENERATION, NATURE, NATURE RESERVE, NATURE RESERVES, NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, PANDAS, PARTRIDGE, PLANT, PLANT COMMUNITIES, PLANT SPECIES, PLANTING, PLANTING DATES, PLANTING MATERIALS, PREDATORS, PRODUCE, PROTECTION, RAINY SEASON, REFORESTATION, RESERVE AREAS, ROADS, SEDIMENTATION, SEED, SEEDLING PRODUCTION, SEEDLINGS, SEEDS, SHRUBS, SMALLER PATCHES, SOIL EROSION, SOIL PROFILE, SOILS, SOWING, SPACING, SPECIES, STREAMS, SURFACE AREAS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TERRACING, TIMBER, TIMBER MANAGEMENT, TIMBER RESOURCES, TREE, TREE CANOPIES, TREE DENSITY, TREE PLANTATIONS, TREES, UNDISTURBED FOREST, VARIETY, VILLAGES, WEEDS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, WILDLIFE HABITATS, WILDLIFE SPECIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/13337561/forest-restoration-following-earthquake-damage https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10123
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