Critical social perspectives in forest and landscape restoration – a systematic review

Shelton, Madeline R.; Kanowski, Peter; Kleinschmit, Daniela; Ison, Ray

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2024.1466758

Front. Environ. Sci.

2024

DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1466758

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Critical social perspectives in forest and landscape restoration – a systematic review

Madeline R. Shelton

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Peter Kanowski

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Daniela Kleinschmit

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Abstract: In response to increasing calls for better consideration of social dimensions in Forest (and) Landscape Restoration (FLR), this systematic literature review identifies and synthesises relevant themes associated with critical social perspectives in FLR. Critical perspectives are methodologically diverse but generally share an intention to interrogate power and knowledge, challenge the ‘status quo’ and ‘taken-for-granted’ assumptions, alongside promoting social justice. Critical perspectives therefore play a key… Show more

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“…Our results demonstrate that communities with diverse histories, land use practices, and beliefs all share core fundamental priorities in relation to restoration, although there were also some divergences (see SI). Our findings also reinforce how and why plural restoration priorities and benefits may emerge when restoration does not rely only upon ecosystem services frameworks [15][16][17], when power dynamics shift to include local-level actors [11-13, 25, 28], and when local-level imaginaries and action counter practices with detrimental consequences for people and nature [11,25,31]. Special attention to these five concepts-as well as the broader approach of asking local restoration actors which priorities are most important to them-may assist restoration practitioners, developers, and funders in understanding and prioritizing local restoration priorities, benefits, values, demands, dreams, and needs, which have not yet been systematically integrated into restoration science and practice.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Indeed, restoration has often been conducted to balance a small list of ecosystem services (e.g. carbon, biodiversity, watershed protection, poverty alleviation, and/or job creation), and in many cases restoration has aimed to maximize carbon benefits alone [7][8][9][10][11]. This set of restoration benefits, however, is overly limited, often reflecting external priorities over those of the people living alongside restoration.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The narratives that emerge about restoration influence which types of restoration are conducted as well as who benefits [12][13][14]. In the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, top-down restoration narrativesthose promoted by many project developers, international conservation NGOs, and private sector actorshave often focused on a few key benefits aligned with notions of ecosystem services, while bottomup restoration narratives-those promoted by local people-have often been more plural, locally-relevant, and place-based [11,[15][16][17][18]. Top-down restoration narratives have often focused on conducting restoration quickly and at scale, and concurrently maximizing economic benefits and other outcomes (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Erasures of local-level restoration priorities and benefits have resulted in consequences for all forms of life, including for people and nature. Some consequences have included increased competition within and between communities, insufficient payment and exploitation of workers, and low prices of restoration goods and services [2,5,11,13,24]. These consequences have largely occurred when topdown modes of conducting restoration have favored growth-oriented logics (such as scaling-up the efficiency or size of restoration projects) over communal logics (such as mixed native tree planting and agroforestry practices) [12,28].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Broadening forest restoration’s benefits by including community-identified priorities in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Benzeev¹,

Mills‐Novoa²,

Pataxó³

et al. 2025

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…Our results demonstrate that communities with diverse histories, land use practices, and beliefs all share core fundamental priorities in relation to restoration, although there were also some divergences (see SI). Our findings also reinforce how and why plural restoration priorities and benefits may emerge when restoration does not rely only upon ecosystem services frameworks [15][16][17], when power dynamics shift to include local-level actors [11-13, 25, 28], and when local-level imaginaries and action counter practices with detrimental consequences for people and nature [11,25,31]. Special attention to these five concepts-as well as the broader approach of asking local restoration actors which priorities are most important to them-may assist restoration practitioners, developers, and funders in understanding and prioritizing local restoration priorities, benefits, values, demands, dreams, and needs, which have not yet been systematically integrated into restoration science and practice.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Indeed, restoration has often been conducted to balance a small list of ecosystem services (e.g. carbon, biodiversity, watershed protection, poverty alleviation, and/or job creation), and in many cases restoration has aimed to maximize carbon benefits alone [7][8][9][10][11]. This set of restoration benefits, however, is overly limited, often reflecting external priorities over those of the people living alongside restoration.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The narratives that emerge about restoration influence which types of restoration are conducted as well as who benefits [12][13][14]. In the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, top-down restoration narrativesthose promoted by many project developers, international conservation NGOs, and private sector actorshave often focused on a few key benefits aligned with notions of ecosystem services, while bottomup restoration narratives-those promoted by local people-have often been more plural, locally-relevant, and place-based [11,[15][16][17][18]. Top-down restoration narratives have often focused on conducting restoration quickly and at scale, and concurrently maximizing economic benefits and other outcomes (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Erasures of local-level restoration priorities and benefits have resulted in consequences for all forms of life, including for people and nature. Some consequences have included increased competition within and between communities, insufficient payment and exploitation of workers, and low prices of restoration goods and services [2,5,11,13,24]. These consequences have largely occurred when topdown modes of conducting restoration have favored growth-oriented logics (such as scaling-up the efficiency or size of restoration projects) over communal logics (such as mixed native tree planting and agroforestry practices) [12,28].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Broadening forest restoration’s benefits by including community-identified priorities in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Benzeev¹,

Mills‐Novoa²,

Pataxó³

et al. 2025

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…For example, Bayrak and Marafa (2019) found that REDD+ projects, including one adopting a relatively inclusive approach, overlooked the spiritual dimensions of forest management. Besides knowledge about indigenous and local belief systems that govern human-forest interactions in many parts of the world (e.g., Dam and Barber 2015;Pascual et al 2023;de Pater et al 2023), other essential domains include critical social science perspectives that challenge taken-for-granted assumptions (Shelton et al 2024) and the emerging science on how forests' role as carbon sinks may be overestimated (e.g., Allen et al 2022;Qie et al 2017;Hasler et al 2024). This lack of transdisciplinarity may stem from the overarching structure of REDD+, which limits modifications and improvements to its design (Kono and Upton 2024).…”

Section: Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges in Forest Carbon Governance: Insights From Southeast Asia

Lau

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Kenney‐Lazar

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Bashir

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et al. 2025

WIREs Climate Change

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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