Replanting trees helps with avoiding desertification, reducing the chances of soil erosion
and flooding, minimizing the risks of zoonotic disease outbreaks, and providing ecosystem …

Forest restoration is currently a primary objective in environmental management policies at a
global scale, to the extent that impressive initiatives and commitments have been launched …

Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

Research Highlights: The global Forest Landscape Restoration ambitions could be impaired
by projects that ignore key principles such as the engagement of local communities in …

At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), the restoration of
degraded ecosystems is more than ever a global priority. Tree planting will make up a large …

Key message There is no one-size-fits-all way to successfully implement forest landscape
restoration (FLR). Complex socio-ecological systems present challenges and opportunities …

The global push to achieve ecosystem restoration targets has resulted in an increased
demand for native seeds that current production systems are not able to fulfill. In many …

Restoration depends on purpose and context. At the core it entails innovation to halt
ongoing and reverse past degradation. It aims for increased functionality, not necessarily …

Seed production in many plants is characterized by large interannual variation, which is
synchronized at subcontinental scales in some species but local in others. The reproductive …