Manual for Recovering Degraded Areas in Riparian Forests

According to the Brazilian Environmental Institute (IBAMA), environmental recovery should aim to return the degraded site to a form of use, according to a pre-established plan for land use, in order to achieve environmental stability. Concern about the growing decline of ecosystems has led to the development of various studies aimed at re-establishing animal and plant communities in areas that have suffered degradation. Areas subjected to impacts that have diminished or prevented their ability to re-establish themselves naturally through successional processes are now of great importance when it comes to implementing projects aimed at restoring the ecosystem’s natural functions, allowing it to return to its previous ecological characteristics and biological diversity. This manual provides some technical guidance on how to restore the ecological functions of the ecosystem in riparian forests.