ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how land degradation, environmental change and biodiversity loss have led to targets that imply broad-scale restoration, and elucidate practical developments, in the planning stages and 'on-the-ground', that are aiding restoration at the landscape scale. It aims to inform the reader as to the why and wherefore of landscape-scale restoration. The current rate and extent of environmental change also demands that the landscape scale be considered in restoration for fundamental ecological reasons. The chapter explores conceptual and technological developments in the design, prioritization and cost-effective implementation of restoration across the landscape. It discusses the incorporation of multiple stakeholder perspectives in restoration, given that restoring land necessarily involves land-use change decisions potentially involving multiple actors. The chapter suggests that in the design of projects, seed sourcing should concentrate less on local collection and more on capturing high quality and genetically diverse seed to maximize the adaptive potential of restoration efforts to current and future environmental change.
