Invasive plant species can hinder the establishment and growth of native plants and impact
several ecosystem properties, such as soil cover, nutrient cycling, fire regimes and …

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 …

We are in an unprecedented moment for promoting forest restoration globally, with
international and regional pledges to restore at least 350 million hectares by 2030. To …

Forest restoration aims to increase forest cover, structure, function, and/or species
composition, and it influences hydrology through the partitioning of precipitation into …

Restoring tree cover in tropical countries has the potential to benefit millions of smallholders
through improvements in income and environmental services. However, despite their …

The global movement for ecosystem restoration has gained momentum in response to the
Bonn Challenge (2010) and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNDER, 2021 …

As interest in restoring tropical forests surges, so does the need for effective methods to
ensure success. The framework species method (FSM) restores forest ecosystems by …

Tree monocultures constitute an increasing fraction of the global tree cover and are the
dominant tree‐growing strategy of forest landscape restoration commitments. Their …

Periodic assessment of the forest carbon stocks is needed as part of the global efforts to
reduce deforestation and forest degradation and mitigate climate change. Here, we …

High deforestation rates, especially in the tropics, currently result in the annual emission of
large amounts of carbon, contributing to global climate change. There is therefore an urgent …