A growing number of studies seek to identify global priority areas for conservation and
restoration. These studies often produce maps that highlight the benefits of concentrating …

The need for rapid and ambitious conservation and restoration is widely acknowledged, yet
concern exists that the widespread reallocation of land to nature would disproportionately …

Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges.
However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence …

Ecosystem degradation is a major cause of poverty, and poverty further aggravates
ecosystem degradation through a feedback known as the'poverty trap'that can prevent …

With much of Earth's surface already heavily impacted by humans, there is a need to
understand where restoration is required to achieve global conservation goals. Here, we …

Highlights•Ecological restoration is increasingly recognized as a global priority.•Synergies
and conflicts between restoration goals must be considered and assessed.•Marginal …

The restoration of deforested or degraded areas can contribute to biodiversity conservation
and global resilience given the current and projected impacts of climate change. In recent …

Effective restoration planning tools are needed to mitigate global carbon and biodiversity
crises. Published spatial assessments of restoration potential are often at large scales or …

Landscape‐scale prioritization models are powerful decision‐making tools in ecological
restoration. Yet, they often fail to integrate multi‐stakeholder perspectives and socio …

Given the extent of land use and land cover change by humans on a global scale,
conservation efforts have increasingly focused on restoring degraded ecosystems to provide …