Forest landscape restoration experiences in southern Europe: sustainable techniques for enhancing early tree performance

It is crucial to raise awareness about the goods and services that forests provide, and the risks that they face in an increasingly harsh climate, in order to boost support for restoration programmes in southern Europe.

The authors:

• Jaime Coello is Forest Engineer and Researcher, Sustainable Forest Management Unit, Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), Spain.
• Jordi Cortina is Professor, Department of Ecology and Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Alicante, Spain.
• Alejandro Valdecantos is Senior Researcher, Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM), Valencia, Spain.
• Elsa Varela is Researcher, Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute (EFIMED), Barcelona, Spain.