Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes
Universidade de São Paulo · Forest Science and Research Institute · +13 more institutions
Abstract
Over 140 Mha of restoration commitments have been pledged across the global tropics, yet guidance is needed to identify those landscapes where implementation is likely to provide the greatest potential benefits and cost-effective outcomes. By overlaying seven recent, peer-reviewed spatial datasets as proxies for socioenvironmental benefits and feasibility of restoration, we identified restoration opportunities (areas with higher potential return of benefits and feasibility) in lowland tropical rainforest landscapes. We found restoration opportunities throughout the tropics. Areas scoring in the top 10% (i.e., restoration hotspots) are located largely within conservation hotspots (88%) and in countries…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 31.42
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- 100%
- References
- 61
Authors
13- PHPedro H. S. BrancalionCorresponding
Universidade de São Paulo, Forest Science and Research Institute
- ANAidin Niamir
Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
- ENEben N. Broadbent
University of Florida
- RCRenato Crouzeilles
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, International Institute for Sustainability
- FSFelipe S. M. Barros
National University of Misiones
Topics & keywords
- Rainforest
- Tropical rainforest
- Geography
- Tropics
- Tropical rain forest
- Environmental resource management
- Tropical climate
- Agroforestry
- Life in Land