Regreening the Bare Hills. Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region. 2010. (World Forests, 8). illus. XVI, 546 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Describing new approaches to the reforestation of degraded lands in the Asia-Pacific tropics, the book reviews current approaches to reforestation throughout the region, paying particular attention to those which incorporate native species. It presents case studies from across the Asia-Pacific region and discusses how the silvicultural methods needed to manage these new plantations will differ from conventional methods. It also explores how reforestation might be made more attractive to smallholders and how trade-offs between production and conservation are most easily made at a landscape scale. The book concludes with a discussion of how future forest restoration may be affected by some current ecological and socio-economic trends now underway.