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The purpose of this Guide is to give advice to owners and managers on the restoration of those ancient woodland sites in England which were planted predominantly with non-native species since the 1930s. The emphasis of the Guide is on the potential contribution of restoration to biodiversity and the practical considerations for successful development of native woodland. The guidance aims to ensure that individual woods are considered within a landscape and regional context. Methods are proposed for identifying where the greatest ecological gains can be achieved and where there may also be significant economic, visual and cultural opportunities. Approaches to management planning, harvesting and regeneration are provided, together with methods for setting targets and monitoring success.

Revegetation Techniques is a 'how to' guide for establishing native plants from seed or seedlings. The information is based on what has worked at a practical level for landholders, project managers and research organisations. Revegetation Techniques aims to complement regional guides that identify the local species and vegetation communities that should be replaced in your area. This publication should be regarded as a living document that will be updated when new information arises.

This approach intends to provide a standard prioritization method for selection of areas where artificial restoration of Black pine can be implemented. Existing knowledge, practical experience and awareness for the most critical post-fire problems of erosion allows efforts to be put on improvement of processes for the restoration of burnt Black pine forests. This is why the approach does not cover other issues regarding post-fire management such as silvicultural techniques used to support the post-fire natural regeneration or control of exotic invasive species. This report aims to present the rationale of the structured approach for the restoration of Black pine forests in 5 steps.

During the last century, a large amount of the original bottomland hardwood forest area in the United States has been lost, with losses greatest in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and East Texas. With a holistic approach in mind, this manual describes methods to restore bottomland hardwoods in the lower Midwest, including the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and the southeastern United States. Bottomland hardwoods in this guide include not only the hardwood species that predominate in most forested floodplains of the area but also the softwood species such as I baldcypress that often co-occur. General restoration planning considerations are discussed as well as more specific elements of bottomland hardwood restoration such as species selection, site preparation, direct seeding, planting of seedlings, and alternative options for revegetation. We recognize that most projects will probably fall more within the realm of reforestation or afforestation rather than a restoration, as some site preparation and the planting of seeds or trees may be the only actions taken. Practical information needed to restore an area is provided in the guide, and it is left up to the restorationist to decide how complete the restoration will be. Postplanting and monitoring considerations are also addressed. Restoration and management of existing forests are included because of the extensive areas of degraded natural forests in need of rehabilitation.

The link includes a compilation of Best Practices for developing integrated FLR monitoring systems. Supplementing the best practices is a Matrix of FLR Monitoring Tools, with one-page descriptions of each tool and background information on types and key attributes of remote sensing systems and sensors. There is also a list of Guidance Documents and related resources for designing FLR projects. These documents are outputs from an international expert consultation in December 2017 hosted by US SilvaCarbon. SilvaCarbon is technical cooperation program of US government agencies to enhance capacity worldwide in measuring, monitoring, and reporting forest and landscape changes and associated carbon changes.