Whitten, AnthonyLamb, David2012-08-132012-08-132010-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10123Natural regeneration is sometimes sufficient for forests and other plant communities to recover after a disturbance. In the case of severe disturbances, however, this is unlikely to be true. Natural regeneration may occur in such cases but the rate is likely to be very slow. Hence, some form of intervention is needed. This note is aimed at highlighting some of the factors that might be needed in the initial stages of restoring forests to lands degraded by the Wenchuan earthquake.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBLE SITESAGRICULTUREANIMALSBAMBOOBATSBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGYBIOTABIRDSBUFFER STRIPSBUFFER ZONESCONIFERSCORRECTIVE ACTIONCORRIDORSDIVERSITY OF SPECIESECONOMIC VALUEENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSEROSIONEXOTIC SPECIESFENCINGFERTILIZERFERTILIZERSFOOD PLANTSFORESTFOREST COVERFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST FLOORFOREST PATCHESFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST RESTORATIONFOREST WILDLIFEFORESTSFUELWOODGRAZINGHABITAT CONDITIONSHABITAT PREFERENCESHABITAT REQUIREMENTSHABITATSHERBIVORESHUMAN POPULATIONSINTACT FORESTINTACT FORESTSLAMBLANDSCAPELANDSCAPESLIVELIHOODSMOUNDSNATURAL REGENERATIONNATURENATURE RESERVENATURE RESERVESNONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTSPANDASPARTRIDGEPLANTPLANT COMMUNITIESPLANT SPECIESPLANTINGPLANTING DATESPLANTING MATERIALSPREDATORSPRODUCEPROTECTIONRAINY SEASONREFORESTATIONRESERVE AREASROADSSEDIMENTATIONSEEDSEEDLING PRODUCTIONSEEDLINGSSEEDSSHRUBSSMALLER PATCHESSOIL EROSIONSOIL PROFILESOILSSOWINGSPACINGSPECIESSTREAMSSURFACE AREASSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTERRACINGTIMBERTIMBER MANAGEMENTTIMBER RESOURCESTREETREE CANOPIESTREE DENSITYTREE PLANTATIONSTREESUNDISTURBED FORESTVARIETYVILLAGESWEEDSWILDLIFE HABITATWILDLIFE HABITATSWILDLIFE SPECIESWorld Bank10.1596/10123