A New Forest Restoration Information Service Website
The Forest Restoration Information Service is being developed by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) with support from the UK Forestry Commission, DFID and the School of H.M. King William III and H.M. Queen Emma of the Netherlands Foundation in collaboration with a range of NGOs.
It aims to provide an open-access internet information service to support forest restoration projects world-wide, including site-scale and landscape-scale efforts; facilitate exchange of knowledge and experience among forest restoration projects, and provide a basis for analyzing factors determining success; facilitate the prioritization, design and execution of forest restoration efforts by FRIS users. The FRIS includes definitions of key terms and concepts in forest restoration; case studies of forest restoration; a searchable database of restoration projects and initiatives; maps and datasets; and a bibliography of forest restoration publications. UNEP-WCMC seeks collaboration in the further development of FRIS and invites contributions of case studies or information on forest restoration efforts worldwide.
They can be contacted at restoration@unep-wcmc.org; their website is at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/restoration/.
