Brazil's Atlantic Forests are naturally regenerating much faster than expected - Restoration for resilience

A cost-effective solution with impressive returns The Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, a multi-stakeholder restoration movement in Brazil, is on track to naturally regenerate 1.5 million hectares of once deforested land — half-a-million more than was originally pledged by the coalition under the Bonn Challenge – by 2020. If these forests survive until 2023 without being re-cut, the […]

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Natural regeneration - Restoration for resilience

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Photos of our study areas in southern Bahia, Brazil. (A) General view

As large areas of Brazil's Atlantic Forest regenerate, the gains don't last

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Brazil's Biomes with ian and Atlantic Forests.

PDF) Balancing economic costs and ecological outcomes of passive and active restoration in agricultural landscapes: the case of Brazil

Brazil's Atlantic Forests are naturally regenerating much faster than expected - Restoration for resilience

Hidden destruction of older forests threatens Brazil's Atlantic Forest and challenges restoration programs