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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2019

Piloting restoration initiatives in subtropical scrub forest: specifying areas asserting adaptive management.

Amin U Khan, Faiza Sharif, Zafar Siddiq, M Umar Hayyat, Laila Shahzad, Joachim Gratzfeld

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Amin U KhanSustainable Development Study Centre, GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan. akeco1111@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2579
Faiza SharifSustainable Development Study Centre, GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
Zafar SiddiqDepartment of Botany, GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
M Umar HayyatSustainable Development Study Centre, GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
Laila ShahzadSustainable Development Study Centre, GC University, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
Joachim GratzfeldBotanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Descanso House, 199 Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3BW, UK.

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Abstract

Subtropical scrub forests in Pakistan have diminished by about 75% over the last hundred years, mainly due to indiscriminate exploitation and invasion by exotics species. Lack of initiatives, awareness, and research in utilizing the techniques used for accelerating natural forest succession is resulting in further degradation of the remaining forests. To promote active restoration with local communities and governmental authorities, a restoration scheme was piloted between 2010 and 2016 to examine enrichment population effects. Over 4,000 saplings of two woody climax species, Acacia modesta and Olea ferruginea, raised from seeds of local provenance, were planted in three subjectively selected trial plots representing various stages of degradation, covering a total area of about 4 ha. The results showed an overall 46% survival rate, accompanied by natural regeneration. Comparative analyses of the trial plots have shown variations which were strongly site specific, in addition, it also helped in gauging compliance of the site coordinators in implementing restoration measures as an effective management tool. This study provided an opportunity to appreciate the differences in terms of interventions used for implementing ecological restoration across landscape in the degraded scrub forests.

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ForestsAcaciaConservation of Natural ResourcesEcologyEnvironmental MonitoringOleaPakistanPlantsSeedsTreesEngaging stakeholdersGauging compliancePlanning restorationRestoration alliance

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