forest restoration
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Right tree, right place: How to choose species for restoration
Choosing the right tree species requires more than matching trees to a site. A new masterclass series examines ecological suitability,…
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The trees it takes to build a home
In Papua New Guinea’s Managalas Plateau, homes are built from locally available forest materials. Research into the trees used for…
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Planting the foundations of the Somali Region’s first tree seed system
New seed orchards, a tree seed laboratory and seed collector groups are being established in Ethiopia’s Somali region to improve…
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Strengthening policy for tree seed systems
Kenya and Rwanda are using technical evidence and stakeholder dialogue to improve the policy environment for tree seed systems. Their…
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When the scorecard improves, but the forest doesn’t
New research shows that better forest management scorecards can mask declining ecological outcomes.
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World’s forests in a race against time, warns UN global forest report
The world is losing its forests faster than it can save them, with severe consequences for the climate, biodiversity and…
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Beyond the Philippine eagle’s nest
The Philippines is home to one of the world’s largest and most powerful forest raptors: the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi). However, over the past decades, the…
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Where industry meets the forest: Five hundred trees in a cargo port
At Kribi port in southern Cameroon, 500 seedlings are bringing forest restoration into an industrial area shaped by trade, infrastructure…
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The honey bargain: How bees keep forests standing
There is a moment before dawn in the dry montane forests of Lambayeque, in northern Peru, when the air is…
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Seed orchards in Ethiopia are being thinned to improve seed quality
The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolios (PATSPO) project has so far established 62 breeding orchards (BSOs) and seedling seed orchards (SSOs)…
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Learning from the Humbo experience: How community-led forest restoration delivers climate and livelihoods
A group of 25 people from various faith-based non-governmental organizations and government offices visited the South Ethiopia Region from 12…
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A recipe for effective reforestation
Restoring degraded and deforested landscapes to ecological health is a massive challenge, but ambitious tree-planting initiatives, part of efforts to…
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Ethiopia’s new forestry law: A win for landscapes and livelihoods?
The Ethiopian government has a big dream: restoring 22 million hectares of degraded lands and forests by 2030. By doing…
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Participatory monitoring key to restoration success
150 million hectares of degraded land – an area the size of Alaska. That’s what governments around the world have…
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Robert Nasi: What’s happening to our forests?
When it comes to caring for forests, it’s not only a matter of what forests can do for us, or…
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