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Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

dc.contributor.authorBrancalion, P.H.S.
dc.contributor.authorNiamir, A.
dc.contributor.authorBroadbent, E.
dc.contributor.authorCrouzeilles, R.
dc.contributor.authorBarros, F.S.M.
dc.contributor.authorAlmeyda Zambrano, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorBaccini, A.
dc.contributor.authorAronson, J.
dc.contributor.authorGoetz, S.
dc.contributor.authorLeighton Reid, J.
dc.contributor.authorStrassburg, B.B.N.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, S.
dc.contributor.authorChazdon, R.L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T18:56:58Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T18:56:58Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/859
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen access
dc.titleGlobal restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapesen
dcterms.abstractOver 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.en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
fsc.evidenceCategoryFSC relevant studies
fsc.focus.forestTypeNatural Forest
fsc.focus.forestZoneTropical
fsc.focus.sustainDimension2. Environmental
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fsc.issue.environmentalForest gain
fsc.topic.environmental2.1. Forest cover
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is.extent.number7
is.extent.volume5
is.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav3223
is.identifier.fscdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international381
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