Common entry points and trade-offs for inclusive governance: balancing actor traits and policy in decision-making on forest restoration strategies

Table 2 Item statements for the restoration activities, their sources and AST component

Item statements	Restoration strategy	Source	Agency-Strucutre-Thoery (AST) component
1. Establishment of exotic mono-crop plantations/woodlots	Active strategies	Atkinson and Bonser (2020), Buckingham et al. (2018), Shono et al. (2007) and MEFCC (2018)	Decision-making (FLR strategies)
2. Establishment of a mixed forest with both indigenous and exotic tree species
3. Planting boundary trees along rivers or homesteads
4. Mixing pasture (grazing) with shade trees for animals
5. Mixing crops with shade fruit trees.
Pure passive silvicultural approaches	Assisted Natural regeneration
6. Land rehabilitation through enclosures/enclosures to enable natural regeneration and species recovery
7. Forest protection/demarcation and conservation
Management approaches to enhance recovery
8. Assisted natural regeneration in protected/enclosures
9. Enrichment planting (planting trees in forest gaps)
10. Establishment of soil conservation structures