The forests are burning in the Amazon again…
It’s the dry season in Brazil, and forest fires are spreading again. Though some can be caused naturally by factors such as lightning strikes, most are actually started by farmers and loggers clearing land for crops or grazing.
Flux tower experiment is reaching for the skies
The first flux tower ever to be built over a restoration forest is now 3.5m tall, and has a complete lightning rod system and meteorological station installed so far.
Measuring restoration success needs a global standard
How will we know if our forest restoration efforts have been successful? The World Resources Institute suggests that a robust global atlas to track progress in tree restoration is needed.
Agroforestry: a pathway to restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Some new research has shown that agroforestry could be an important part of landscape-scale approaches to restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot and the country’s most endangered biome.
