Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

V Arroyo‐Rodríguez, L Fahrig, M Tabarelli… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives

PHS Brancalion, KD Holl - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A growing number of initiatives at global, regional and national scales propose to plant
millions, billions or even trillions of trees as a simple solution to resolve complex …
M Ikram, M Ferasso, R Sroufe, Q Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations proposed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to foster
sustainable development, including tackling environmental challenges and adopting …

The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Q Zheng, T Ha, AV Prishchepov, Y Zeng, H Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread
globally. Abandoned cropland can be reused to support food security and climate change …

Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

PHS Brancalion, A Niamir, E Broadbent… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Over 140 Mha of restoration commitments have been pledged across the global tropics, yet
guidance is needed to identify those landscapes where implementation is likely to provide …

Limited effects of tree planting on forest canopy cover and rural livelihoods in Northern India

EA Coleman, B Schultz, V Ramprasad, H Fischer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Many countries have adopted large-scale tree planting programmes as a climate mitigation
strategy and to support local livelihoods. We evaluate a series of large-scale tree planting …

Multiscale land use impacts on water quality: Assessment, planning, and future perspectives in Brazil

K de Mello, RH Taniwaki, FR de Paula… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

R Crouzeilles, MS Ferreira, RL Chazdon… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Is active restoration the best approach to achieve ecological restoration success (the return
to a reference condition, that is, old-growth forest) when compared to natural regeneration in …

Rural land abandonment is too ephemeral to provide major benefits for biodiversity and climate

CL Crawford, H Yin, VC Radeloff, DS Wilcove - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Hundreds of millions of hectares of cropland have been abandoned globally since 1950 due
to demographic, economic, and environmental changes. This abandonment has been seen …