A growing number of scientists are looking at how we might best target restoration efforts. Here’s a quick summary of recent efforts–and what they tell us.
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6 short films about forest restoration
A few short, beautiful films about forest restoration
How Colombia’s orchid hunter is saving cloud forests
An interview with my friend and hero, who is using orchid surveys to save cloud forests in Colombia
From cowlands to cloud forest
When the mist rolls in and all you can see are the silhouettes of ferns and tree trunks, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re standing in an ancient forest. But once a gust of wind lifts the blanket of white, you start to notice things. The trees aren’t so […]
Wild hope
Andrew Balmford is a Cambridge professor and a big Camembert in conservation circles. He is a front runner in recommending that we should intensify the amount of crops produced on farmlands as a way of “sparing” wild places, has conducted research showing that primary school children better remember Pokemon than […]