Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

Pedro H S Brancalion; Aidin Niamir; Eben Broadbent; Renato Crouzeilles; Felipe S M Barros; Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano; Alessandro Baccini; James Aronson; Scott Goetz; Reid J Leighton; Bernardo B N Strassburg; Sarah Wilson; Robin L Chazdon

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Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

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Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

Pedro H S Brancalion, Aidin Niamir, Eben Broadbent, Renato Crouzeilles, Felipe S M Barros, Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano, Alessandro Baccini, James Aronson, Scott Goetz, Reid J Leighton, …

Science Advances, Vol.5(7)

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav3223

PMCID: PMC6609219

PMID: 31281881

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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 committed to the Bonn Challenge (73%), a global effort to restore 350 Mha by 2030. However, restoration hotspots represented only a small portion (19.1%) of the Key Biodiversity Area network. Concentrating restoration investments in landscapes with high benefits and feasibility would maximize the potential to mitigate anthropogenic impacts and improve human well-being.

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Title: Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes
Authors: Pedro H S Brancalion (Author) - University of São Paulo, Brazil
Aidin Niamir (Author) - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Germany
Eben Broadbent (Author) - University of Florida, United States
Renato Crouzeilles (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Felipe S M Barros (Author) - Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Argentina
Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano (Author) - University of Florida, United States
Alessandro Baccini (Author) - Woods Hole Research Center, United States
James Aronson (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Scott Goetz (Author) - Northern Arizona University, United States
Reid J Leighton (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Bernardo B N Strassburg (Author) - PontifÃcia Universidade Católica, Brazil
Sarah Wilson (Author) - University of Connecticut, United States
Robin L Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Science Advances, Vol.5(7); 11
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3223
ISSN: 2375-2548
PMID: 31281881; PMC6609219
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451492402621
Output Type: Journal article

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