Reforestation Workshop Resources

1. • A Reconnaissance Study of the Beach Sands of Puerto Rico (2.9 MB PDF) Source: Geological Survey
   • Coastal and Shoreline Atlantic Coast Plant Materials Program (50 KB PDF) Source: NRCS
   • Coastal Dune and Erosion Assessment of the North Coast of Puerto Rico (10.6 MB PDF) Source: UPR en Aguadilla
   • Coastal sand dune vegetation: a potential source of food, fodder and pharmaceuticals (219 KB PDF) Source: Livestock Research for Rural Development
   • El Estado de la Costa de Puerto Rico 2017 (5.8 MB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Isabela Dunes Restoration (720 KB PDF) Source: PRCCC
   • General assessment of the condition of the primary dune parallel to Road PR-187 and Parcelas Suárez both located on the municipality of Loiza, Puerto Rico (8.2 MB PDF) Source: Center for Conservation and Ecological Restoration
   • Nutrient and salt relations of Pterocarpus officinalis L. in coastal wetlands of the Caribbean: assessment through leaf and soil analyses (279 KB PDF) Source: Trees
   • Plants for Coastal Dunes of the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts and Puerto Rico (3.3 MB PDF) Source: USDA Soil Conservation Service
   • Preserving Threatened Historic Resources in Puerto Rico form Sea Level Rise (1.9 MB PDF)
   • Puerto Rico Coastal Adaptation Project Ecology and Biodiversity (4.5 MB KB PDF) Source: Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program
   • Puerto Rico Coastal and Esturine Land Conservation Plan (933 KB PDF) Source: DNER
   • Sea level rise and its coastal impacts (943 KB PDF) Source: AGU
   • Sea Level Rise Around Puerto Rico: A Projection (5.1 MB PDF) Source: PRCCC
   • Shoreline of Puerto Rico (7.9 MB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Shoreline of Puerto Rico Coastal Types (2.4 MB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Summary of Puerto Rico’s Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards: Risk, Mitigation, and Management with Examples (1.3 MB PDF) Source: Geological Society of America
   • The Effect of Hard Stabilization on the Sediment Transport System along the Shoreline of Puerto Rico (2.1 MB PDF)

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1. • A Framework for Setting Local Restoration Priorities Based on Landscape Context (4.7 MB PDF) Source: Natureza & Conservação
   • A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (702 KB PDF) Source: IUCN
   • The Caribbean Forester Results of forest planting in the Insular Forests of Puerto Rico (3.9 MB PDF) Source: Tropical Forest Experiment Station (IITF)
   • Characterization of the Network of Protected Areas in Puerto Rico (4.7 MB PDF) Source: Caribbean Naturalist
   • Dacryodes excelsa Tabonuco (129 KB PDF) Source: USDA Forest Service
   • Declining human population but increasing residential development around protected areas in Puerto Rico (396 KB PDF) Source: Biological Conservation
   • Definign Integrated Landscape Management for Policy Makers(2.8 MB PDF) Source: Ecoagriculture Policy Focus
   • Fire Resistance in a Caribbean Dry Forest: Influences from the Allometry of Bark Thickness (842 KB PDF) Source: Journal of Tropical Ecology
   • Restauracion de Bosques y Paisajes (6.1 MB PDF) Source: FAO
   • Spatial Analysis of Puerto Rico’s Terrestrial Protected Areas – Research Map (4.3 MB PDF) Source: International Institute of Tropical Forestry
   • Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest (262 KB PDF) Source: Ecology and Society
   • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuges And Other Nearby Reserves in Southwestern Puerto Rico (3.1 MB PDF) Source: International Institute of Tropical Forestry

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1. • American Standard for Nursery Stock (1.5 MB PDF) Source: American Nursery & Landscape Association
   • A Technical Guide for Forest Nursery Management in the Caribbean and Latin America (10.5 MB PDF) Source: Southern Forest Experiment Station
   • The Caribbean Forester- Seed Research (7.6 MB PDF) Source: Tropical Forest Experiment Station (IITF)
   • The Caribbean Forester- Forest Tree Seeds (4.3 MB PDF) Source: Tropical Forest Experiment Station (IITF)
   • Effects of hurricanes and climate oscillations on annual variation in reproduction in wet forest, Puerto Rico (1.6 MB PDF) Source: Ecological Society of America
   • Especies Forestales para Plantar en Areas Forestales Rurales y Urbanas de Puerto Rico (6.8 MB PDF) Source: International Institute of Tropical Forestry
   • Germinating Five Forest Tree Species Native to the Virgin Islands (347 KB PDF) Source: Tree Planters’ Notes
   • Guia Ilustrada de Yerbas Comunes en PuertoRico (842 KB PDF) Source: Universidad de Puerto Rico
   • Hoja Informativa Viveros de Puerto (550 KB PDF) Source: Servicio de Extensión Agrícola
   • Lista de Árboles Nativos que se han trabajado en los Viveros del DRNA – Cambalache (89 KB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Lista Preliminar de Plantas Recomendadas para Evaluar en el Proyecto de Jardines Nativos (36 KB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Manejo de Plagas Forestales (36 KB PDF) Source: Servicio de Extensión Agrícola
   • Naturalized Exotic Tree Species in Puerto Rico (946 KB PDF) Source: Southern Forest Experiment Station
   • Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of IUFRO Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries (2.7 MB PDF) Source: USDA Forest Service
   • Producción de plantas nativas para la forestación urbana y la política publica del DRNA (23.3 MB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Seeds of Puerto Rican Trees and Shrubs: Second Installment (23.3 MB PDF) Source: Southern Forest Experiment Station
   • Tropical Nursery Manual (47.7 MB PDF) Source: USDA Forest Service

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1. • A framework for developing urban forest ecosystem services and goods indicators (765 KB PDF) Source: Landscape and Urban Planning
   • Urban Protected Areas Profiles and best practice guidelines (17.3 MB PDF) Source: IUNC
   • Guidelines on urban and peri-urban forestry (4.3 MB PDF) Source: FAO
   • Highway Safety and Trees: The Delicate Balance (222 KB PDF) Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
   • Impact of assessor on tree risk assessment ratings and prescribed mitigation measures (389 KB PDF) Source: Urban Foresty & Urban Greening
   • Manual de Forestación Urbana para Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Americanas (67 MB PDF) Source: Servicio de Extensión Agrícola
   • NYC Parks Deployment to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria (9.2 MB PDF) Source: New York State Urban Forestry Council
   • Ornamental Plant Germplasm Exploration in Tropical Forests Puerto Rico (310 KB PDF) Source: Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc.
   • Landscape design guide to the highway landscape designers (960 KB PDF)
   • Plan Estratégico Programa de Forestación Urbana y de Comunidades de Puerto Rico, Inc. (12.5 MB PDF) Source: DRNA
   • Selecting Tropical and Subtropical Tree Species for Wind Resistance (3.1 MB PDF) Source: University of Florida
   • Street trees and equity: evaluating the spatial distribution of an urban amenity (1.2 MB PDF) Source: Environment and Planning
   • The Urban Forest and Ecosystem Services: Impacts on Urban Water, Heat, and Pollution Cycles at the Tree, Street, and City Scale (1.6 MB PDF) Source: Journal of Environmental Quality
   • Tree Risk Assessment Methods: A Comparison of Three Common Evaluation Forms (2.2 MB PDF) Source: University of Florida
   • Shoreline of Puerto Rico (21.7 MB PDF) Source: Institute of Tropical Forestry
   • Trees to Offset Stormwater: A Study of 12 Communities (3.1 MB PDF) Source: Green Infrastructure Center
   • Urban forests form isolated archipelagos (381 KB PDF) Source: Journal of Urban Ecology
   • Urban Forests: A Supplement to Florida’s Project Learning Tree (2.8 MB PDF) Source: University of Florida

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1. • Agroforestería en historieta: Un pequeño manual práctico (14.0 MB PDF)
   • Agroforest’ing the World From Machete to Tractor (6.4 MB PDF)
   • Agroforestry and GIS: Achieving Land Productivity and Environmental Protection (380 KB PDF) Source: USDA National Agroforestry Center
   • Applied nucleation as a forest restoration strategy (525 KB PDF) Source: Forest Ecology and Management
   • Caribbean Forester Planting in the Insular Forests of Puerto Rico (3.9 MB PDF) Source: Tropical Forest Experiment Station (IITF)
   • Caribbean Forester What Kind of Land is Adapted to Trees (26.0 MB PDF) Source: Tropical Forest Experiment Station (IITF)
   • Conserva Puerto Rico con Bosque Maderables (1.6 MB PDF) Source: Acta Científica
   • Efectos de la liberación en un bosque secundario de Costa Rica (329 KB PDF) Source: Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
   • Enriched secondary subtropical forest through line-planting for sustainable timber production in Puerto Rico (794 KB PDF)
   • Factors influencing spatial pattern in tropical forest clearance and stand age: Implications for carbon storage and species diversity (514 KB PDF) Source: Journal of Geophysical Research
   • Forestry and Agriculture in Puerto Rico (127 KB PDF)
   • Ganadería sustentable en el Golfo de México (14.5 MB PDF) Source: Inecol
   • El árbol al servicio del agricultor (20.7 MB PDF)
   • Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico (20.5 MB PDF) Source: Forests
   • La Reforestación Gubernamental en PuertoRico (300 KB PDF) Source: Acta Científica
   • Mechanisms of Succession in Natural Communities and Their Role in Community Stability and Organization (695 KB PDF) Source: The American Naturalist
   • Nucleation in tropical ecological restoration (327 KB PDF) Source: Sci. Agric.
   • Planting Tree Crops: Designing & Installing Farm-Scale Edible Agroforestry (6.1 MB PDF) Source: Savanna Institute
   • Planting Seedlings in Tree Islands Versus Plantations as a Large-Scale Tropical Forest Restoration Strategy (665 KB PDF) Source: Restoration Ecology
   • Syntropic Farming Guidebook (7.2 MB PDF)
   • The Ecological Consequences of Socioeconomic and Land-Use Changes in Postagriculture Puerto Rico (606 KB PDF) Source: BioScience
   • The Forest Types and Ages Cleared for Land Development in Puerto Rico (2.1 MB PDF) Source: GIScience & Remote Sensing

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1. • Atrayendo Inversión Privada para la Restauración del Paisaje: una Hoja de Ruta (370 KB PDF) Source: World Resources Institute
   • Attracting Private Investment to Landscape Restoration: a Roadmap (403 KB PDF) Source: World Resources Institute
   • Bioecología de Arboles Nativos y Exóticos de Puerto Rico y las Indias Occidentales (592 KB PDF) Source: International Institute of Tropical Forestry
   • Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives? (101 KB PDF) Source: Ecological Economics
   • Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities (429 KB PDF) Source: Forest Ecology and Management
   • Directrices relativas a la biodiversidad para la evaluación de oportunidades de restauración de paisajes forestales (5.7 MB PDF) Source: UICN
   • Estimación de un índice de calidad ambiental urbano, a partir de imágenes de satélite (5.7 MB PDF) Source: Revista de Geografía Norte Grande
   • Responses of tree species to hurricane winds in subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico: implications for tropical tree life histories (1.4 MB PDF) Source: Journal of Ecology
   • Strategies for empowering the local people to participate in forest restoration (1.0 MB PDF) Source: Agroforestry Systems
   • The Business of Planting Trees (5.9 MB PDF) Source: World Resources Institute
   • Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon (182 KB PDF) Source: Restoration Ecology
   • What is Forest Restoration? (789 KB PDF) Source: USDA Forest Service

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