Complex interactions between socioeconomic, institutional and biophysical drivers determine restoration project success in the Philippines

01 Oct, 2015

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By T. Trevor Caughlin, Literature Coordinator The success of tropical forest restoration projects depends on many interrelated factors, ranging from institutional support to local participation to appropriate tree species selection....

Automating forest restoration: could robots revive rainforests?

24 Sep, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Asia, News & Events, Workshops

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By Stephen Elliott, Chiang Mai University’s Forest Restoration Research Unit At last year’s UN Climate Summit in New York, businesses and governments pledged to “speed up restoration” to convert 350...

Combining ecology, traditional knowledge, and social needs in a framework for riparian forest restoration

14 Sep, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Latin America, News & Events

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By Claire Salisbury and Danielle Celentano (Photo credit: Claudio Farias) A new project to design restoration strategies in riparian forests is being led by Brazilian researchers in collaboration with local communities....

Rainforest-dependent bird recovery in forest restoration sites in North Queensland, Australia may require several decades

31 Aug, 2015

Robin Chazdon

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By T. Trevor Caughlin, Literature Coordinator Recovery of animal populations, particularly visible and charismatic species, is often listed as a public benefit of habitat restoration. However, our knowledge of how...

A little-known big producer: Will forest policy reform in Peru support farm-forestry?

19 Aug, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Latin America, News & Events

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By Robin R Sears Collectively, 20 farming households in a Peruvian Amazon village can easily produce 760 cubic meters of sawn lumber per year on their farms, or rather, agricultural...

Successional trajectories of belowground microbial communities parallel tree community changes during reforestation

05 Aug, 2015

Robin Chazdon

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By T. Trevor Caughlin, Literature Coordinator The transformation from degraded agricultural land to tropical forest is accompanied by visible changes in animal and plant biodiversity. How this transformation affects microbial...

Can farmers be forest custodians in the Amazon?

03 Aug, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Latin America, News & Events

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By Aoife Bennett-Curry, CIFOR Agricultural activity and forest conservation have often had an antagonistic relationship and are usually discussed in terms of how the former damages the latter. Forest and...

What’s Missing from Joe Biden’s “Plan for Central America”?

17 Jul, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Latin America, News & Events

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Central America’s local people and invaluable natural resources must be included in any sustainable plan for the future of this critical, beautiful region. By Devyn Powell, EcoLogic’s Communications Officer The...

Remote sensing reveals significant forest regrowth amidst net deforestation in African dry tropical forests

13 Jul, 2015

Robin Chazdon

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By Marc Mayes African dry tropical forests are critical for biogeochemical cycles, water conservation and provide natural resources for over 100 million people who directly depend on these forests for...

Duck-rice, honey bees and mandarins

08 Jul, 2015

Robin Chazdon

Asia, News & Events

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Written by Kathleen Buckingham. When asked to name a restoration project in China, the likelihood is that the Loess Plateau will come to mind. The hilly, semi-arid region in north-central China is...

Author: Robin Chazdon