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This book consists of a collection of articles about the social dimensions of ecological restoration, which were presented during the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Ecological Restoration’s (known by its Spanish acronym as SIACRE) IV Iberoamerican and Caribbean Congress of Ecological Restoration, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2015. Two of the chapters were authored by ELTI personnel and collaborators, which illustrate ELTI’s efforts in forest restoration capacity building. Chapter 18 by Jacob L. Slusser and Saskia Santamaría: Strengthening the capacities of small farmers to implement sustainable ranching: the experience of the Association of Livestock and Agrosilvopastoral Producers of Pedasi (APASPE). Chapter 21 by Zoraida Calle, Gillian Sarah Bloomfield, Saskia Santamaría, Pedro Brancalion, Severino Ribeiro Pinto, Gabriela González, Marina Campos, Eva Garen, Jacob L. Slusser, Carlos Estrada: Capacity building experiences for ecological restoration in Latin America.

This case study describes the experiences of the Cienda-San Vicente Farmers Association (CSVFA) as the first people's organization in the Philippines to implement the "Rainforestation" method of forest restoration with the assistance of Visayas State University (VSU). The case study includes the history of Rainforestation, the participatory approach that Rainforestation employs, the implementation process for Rainforestation, and the experiences of CSVFA.

This document is a proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Iberoamerican and Caribbean Society for Ecological Restoration (SIACRE) which was held April 12-16, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ELTI and CIPAV led a symposium on capacity building for restoration featured on page 12.