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High-value opportunities exist to restore tropical rainforests around the world – here's how we mapped them

  • Written by Robin Chazdon, Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
High-value opportunities exist to restore tropical rainforests around the world – here's how we mapped themForest restoration is underway in Biliran, Leyte, Philippines led by the local community with support from international researchers and government agencies. Robin Chazdon, CC BY-ND

The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has...

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