Global forest restoration and the importance of prioritizing local communities

J. T. Erbaugh; N. Pradhan; J. Adams; J. A. Oldekop; A. Agrawal; D. Brockington; R. Pritchard; A. Chhatre

doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01282-2

Global forest restoration and the importance of prioritizing local communities

J. T. Erbaugh^*, N. Pradhan, J. Adams, J. A. Oldekop, A. Agrawal, D. Brockington, R. Pritchard, A. Chhatre

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Abstract

Forest restoration occupies centre stage in global conversations about carbon removal and biodiversity conservation, but recent research rarely acknowledges social dimensions or environmental justice implications related to its implementation. We find that 294.5 million people live on tropical forest restoration opportunity land in the Global South, including 12% of the total population in low-income countries. Forest landscape restoration that prioritizes local communities by affording them rights to manage and restore forests provides a promising option to align global agendas for climate mitigation, conservation, environmental justice and sustainable development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1472-1476
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	4
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01282-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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