How social considerations improve the equity and effectiveness of ecosystem restoration

S Löfqvist, F Kleinschroth, A Bey, A De Bremond… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges.
However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling smallholder tree cover restoration across the tropics

P Shyamsundar, F Cohen, TM Boucher… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Restoring tree cover in tropical countries has the potential to benefit millions of smallholders
through improvements in income and environmental services. However, despite their …

[HTML][HTML] Wall-to-wall mapping of tree extent in the tropics with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2

J Brandt, J Ertel, J Spore, F Stolle - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Remote sensing based assessments of tree cover and extent provide insight into global and
local land use planning. However, there remains considerable uncertainty about the …

[HTML][HTML] Small forest growers in tropical landscapes should be embraced as partners for Green-growth: Increase wood supply, restore land, reduce poverty, and …

EKS Nambiar - Trees, Forests and People, 2021 - Elsevier
Our ideas and investments for landscape restoration should be broadened to include
sustainably managed plantation forestry, especially those owned by small growers in forest …

Improved land monitoring to assess large-scale tree plantation expansion and trajectories in Northern Mozambique

A Bey, P Meyfroidt - Environmental Research Communications, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Tree planting has the potential to address a wide range of environmental and economic
challenges. However, planting initiatives can also do more harm than good. Characteristics …

[PDF][PDF] Forestland policies and politics in Africa: Recent evidence and new challenges

S Ongolo, L Giessen… - Forest Policy …, 2021 - univ-montpellier3-paul-valery.hal …
Forest governance, land use and sustainability issues in forest-rich countries like those in
Africa, require attention to a set of explicit and/or implicit power relations between various …

Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania

LP Lawson, SP Loader, JV Lyakurwa, M Menegon… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human modification of the environment has drastically changed ecosystems around the
globe. While forest‐loss (deforestation) has been well studied for its effects on ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Natural Climate Solutions must embrace multiple perspectives to ensure synergy with sustainable development

BG Waring, A Gurgel, AC Köberle, S Paltsev… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To limit global warming to well below 2° C, immediate emissions reductions must be
coupled with active removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.“Natural Climate …

[HTML][HTML] Using Landsat and Sentinel-2 spectral time series to detect East African small woodlots

NE Kimambo, VC Radeloff - Science of Remote Sensing, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate maps of gains in tree cover are necessary to quantify carbon storage, wildlife
habitat, and land use changes. Satellite-based mapping of emerging smallholder woodlots …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the overall carbon storage in a teak plantation in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand–Implications for carbon-based incentives

P Chayaporn, N Sasaki, M Venkatappa, I Abe - Cleaner Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Management of teak plantation can contribute to global sustainability. The objective of this
study is to assess the overall carbon storage through forest management in a teak plantation …