Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration

MB Carlucci, PHS Brancalion… - Restoration …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The application of a functional trait‐based approach to ecological restoration is receiving
growing attention worldwide, but lack of knowledge on functional traits and how they link to …

UAV-supported forest regeneration: Current trends, challenges and implications

M Mohan, G Richardson, G Gopan, MM Aghai, S Bajaj… - Remote Sensing, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Replanting trees helps with avoiding desertification, reducing the chances of soil erosion
and flooding, minimizing the risks of zoonotic disease outbreaks, and providing ecosystem …

Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon

SL Lewis, CE Wheeler, ETA Mitchard, A Koch - 2019‏ - nature.com
Kee** global warming below 1.5 C to avoid dangerous climate change 1 requires the
removal of vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as well as drastic cuts in …

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

J Busch, JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, B Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG
abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US pertCO2) …

International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration

GD Gann, T McDonald, B Walder… - Restoration …, 2019‏ - espace.curtin.edu.au
Ecological restoration, when implemented effectively and sustainably, contributes to
protecting biodiversity; improving human health and wellbeing; increasing food and water …

Hidden destruction of older forests threatens Brazil's Atlantic Forest and challenges restoration programs

MR Rosa, PHS Brancalion, R Crouzeilles… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Understanding the dynamics of native forest loss and gain is critical for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services, especially in regions experiencing intense forest …

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 …

Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally

C Xu, BR Silliman, J Chen, X Li, MS Thomsen, Q Zhang… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Restoring vegetation in degraded ecosystems is an increasingly common practice for
promoting biodiversity and ecological function, but successful implementation is hampered …

Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions

RL Chazdon, D Lindenmayer… - Environmental …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert
to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally …