Riparian-forest buffers: Bridging the gap between top-down and bottom-up restoration approaches in Latin America

摘要: Abstract The large-scale forest restoration pledges made by many Latin American countries are expected to be mostly implemented in rural areas, where competition for land with agriculture and lack of farmer engagement may prevent expansion. Planning actions must combine policy-driven approaches ( top-down ) that set national regional targets, site-specific objectives based on the socio-political context local needs bottom-up ). Here we present five case studies from projects America were conducted different social legal contexts, but shared use riparian-forest buffers as a focal point landscapes. These cases illustrate how focusing riparian help bridge when planning landscapes America. In some cases, motivated economic incentives compliance whereas others they driven societal demands. We propose deserve special consideration suitable place begin bridging gap between national-scale commitments local-scale production needs, while facilitating participation all stakeholders both implementation processes.