FOREST RESTORATION
We work on a range of forest restoration approaches across Brazil, India and Scotland to help identify the social and ecological reasons why landholders engage in restoration activities, and the impacts of such activities on them and their land.
A reforestation site in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil
Photo by Abha Joglekar
As part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), 115 countries have committed to restoring almost one billion hectares of land by 2050. Forest restoration is a critical part of this commitment, providing benefits for biodiversity, increasing carbon storage and supporting local livelihoods.
Published in People & Nature, our biome wide analysis of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil - a global restoration priority - highlighted the importance of supporting legislation in driving the patterns of forest restoration. Our deep dive into restoration in the Pontal do Paranapanema region illustrates the critical need to tailor restoration programs to promote social benefits as small and large landholders face different drivers and constraints for engagement. This research empowers policy makers and practitioners, such as those working in the National Native Vegetation Plan, to strengthen restoration policy and develop stable and long-term access to markets for agroforestry.
Collaborators:
Carla Archibald (Deakin University, Australia), Carolina Biscola (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Brazil), Pedro Brancalion (University of São Paulo, Brazil), Rafael Chiaravalloti (University College London, UK), Laury Cullen (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Brazil), Angela Dean (University of Queensland, Australia), Mariana de Oliverira (World Resources Institute, Brazil), Alex Mendes (University of São Paulo, Brazil; Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, Brazil), Anna Freni Sterrantino (The Alan Turing Institute, UK), Yiannis Kontouris (Imperial College London, UK), Hugh Possingham (University of Queensland, Australia), Ludmila Pugliese de Siqueira (University of São Paulo, Brazil; Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, Brazil), Clive Potter (Imperial College London, UK), Jonathan Rhodes (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Marcos Rosa (Universidade Estadual de Deira de Santana, Brazil), Aline Souza (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Brazil), Anazelia Tedesco (The University of Queensland, Australia).
