Forest restoration can benefit humans, boost biodiversity and help tackle climate change simultaneously, new research suggests.
Forest restoration can benefit humans, boost biodiversity and help tackle climate change simultaneously, new research suggests.
Restoring forests is often seen in terms of “trade-offs” – meaning it often focuses on a specific goal such as capturing carbon, nurturing nature or supporting human livelihoods.
The new study, by the universities of Exeter and Oxford, found that restoration plans aimed at a single goal tend not to deliver the others.
However, “integrated” plans would deliver over 80% of the benefits in all three areas at once.
Read more at University of Exeter
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