Restoration Highlights: Helping connect science and practice

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Through this space, we share stories and highlights from the research, projects, communities, and connections with nature that inspire ecological restoration and conservation work. Our Center is aligned with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, through which we aim to build capacity, support the next generation, and help connect and empower a global movement for ecological restoration and conservation of biodiversity.

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Tuning In

I recently did some dog sitting for a friend of mine. It didn't take much to convince me. I love dogs and this dog in particular, Pepa, is also exceptionally well-behaved. What I hadn't realized until our first walk together, was how nervous Pepa is. Living outside a busy train station I've grown accustomed to the daily cacophony, and I usually barely register the sounds that fill the air. But Pepa forced me to tune in and to hear the world through her ears. Suddenly everything was too loud.

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How Much Forest Do We Really Need to Plant? Lessons from Spatially Patterned Restoration in Brazil and Costa Rica

Restoring tropical forests at the massive scale needed to confront climate change and biodiversity loss is no small task. In some places, forests can rebound on their own once farming or grazing stops. But in landscapes that have been heavily degraded, deforested, or where we want forests to return faster, nature often needs a helping hand. That usually means planting and then growing trees until a forest forms.

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