Plants live off carbon dioxide, but a higher level of the greenhouse gas in the air doesn’t necessarily lead to more biomass production.
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Restoring tropical rainforests is good for the climate, wild species and humans. But where to start? A new study pinpoints locations that will maximize benefits and minimize negative impacts.
Many nations are restoring degraded tropical forests to slow climate change, protect endangered species and improve rural life. But those forests often are cleared again soon afterward.
Brazil has set itself a target of restoring almost 50,000 sq km of the Amazon rainforest by 2030. But it won’t get there without changing its policies and how it engages with local people.
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Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
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Postgraduate Researcher, Climate Adaptation, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, forest ecology and management, Ghent University
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Senior Research Fellow in Climate Science Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Researcher and consultant on sustainability transition, Wageningen University
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Lancaster University
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Associate professor conservation ecology, Ghent University
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Senior Research Officer, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Professor of Functional Ecology, Wageningen University
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PhD student, University of Manchester
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Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of Waikato
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Professor of environmental sciences and engineering, EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
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Assistant Research Professor, Northern Arizona University