part Part 1 Introduction -- chapter 1 What is forest restoration? -- part Part 2 The Ecological Context for Forest Restoration -- chapter 2 What is a natural forest? -- chapter 3 Effects of restoration at the stand level -- chapter 4 Incorporating disturbance into forest restoration -- chapter 5 Restoration effects on N cycling pools and processes -- part Part 3 The Sociopolitical Context for Restoration -- chapter 6 Policies for encouraging forest restoration -- chapter 7 Carbon sequestration through restoration of temperate and boreal forests -- chapter 8 Afforestation in Europe: lessons learned, challenges remaining -- part Part 4 The Practice of Forest Restoration -- chapter 9 Procurement of plant material of good genetic quality -- chapter 10 Regeneration techniques and the seedling environment from a European perspective -- chapter 11 Cultural practices for restoring and maintaining ecosystem function -- part Part 5 Case Studies: Afforestation -- chapter 12 Restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland -- chapter 13 Afforestation in Denmark -- chapter 14 Baltic afforestation -- chapter 15 Restoration of bottomland hardwood forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, U.S.A. -- chapter 16 Restoration of oak woodlands in Mediterranean ecosystems -- part Part 6 Case Studies: Rehabilitation -- chapter 17 Data and tools for conservation, management, and restoration of northern forest ecosystems at multiple scales -- chapter 18 Ecological restoration of forested ecosystems in Finland -- chapter 19 Forest rehabilitation in Denmark using nature-based forestry -- chapter 20 Great Britain�conifers to broadleaves -- chapter 21 Conversion of Norway spruce (Picea abies[L.] Karst.) forests in Europe -- chapter 22 Regeneration by direct seeding�a way to reduce costs of conversion -- chapter 23 Forest restoration in the French Massif Central Mountains -- chapter 24 Rehabilitation for species enrichment in abandoned coppice forests in Japan -- chapter 25 Forest restoration and rehabilitation in Republic of Korea -- chapter 26 Rehabilitation of temperate forests in Iran -- chapter 27 Restoration practices in Brazil's Atlantic Rain Forest -- chapter 28 Integrating ecosystem restoration into forest management in British Columbia, Canada -- chapter 29 Forest restoration practices in the Pacific Northwest and California -- chapter 30 Restoring dry and moist forests of the inland northwestern U.S. -- chapter 31 Restoration of ponderosa pine forests in the interior western U.S. after logging, grazing, and fire suppression -- chapter 32 Restoring longleaf pine forest ecosystems in the southern U.S. -- part Part 7 Case Studies: Reclamation -- chapter 33 Reclamation of forests degraded by air pollution in central and eastern Europe -- chapter 34 Reclaiming peatlands for forestry: The Irish experience.