Journal article
Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes
Science Advances, Vol.5(7)
2019
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 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, BrazilAidin Niamir (Author) - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, GermanyEben Broadbent (Author) - University of Florida, United StatesRenato Crouzeilles (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFelipe S M Barros (Author) - Universidad Nacional de Misiones, ArgentinaAngelica M Almeyda Zambrano (Author) - University of Florida, United StatesAlessandro Baccini (Author) - Woods Hole Research Center, United StatesJames Aronson (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United StatesScott Goetz (Author) - Northern Arizona University, United StatesReid J Leighton (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United StatesBernardo B N Strassburg (Author) - PontifÃcia Universidade Católica, BrazilSarah Wilson (Author) - University of Connecticut, United StatesRobin 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; 2375-2548
- 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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