Thread by @ForrestFleisch1

When the lofty goals of forest landscape restoration are put into practice, the rhetoric is replaced by a focus on planting trees, often in places where they don't belong. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

I've had a bunch of arguments with FLR advocates about this. Mostly, they boil down to a believe on the part of FLR advocates that their complex science-based prescriptions will be translated into careful on-the-ground action.

My own observations from S. Asia have always led me to be skeptical of this. Here are a set of similar cases from Africa.

"Missing features include the initial biophysical condition, the desired target ecosystem state, and evaluation dimensions, and ill-articulated aspects include cross-sectoral integrations."

Restoration is hard. I wish its advocates did more to promote limitations and caution, and made fewer big global maps, glossy brochures, and inflated claims. Ultimately, they undermine the potentially valuable work restoration might offer.

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