Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

The application of a functional trait‐based approach to ecological restoration is receiving
growing attention worldwide, but lack of knowledge on functional traits and how they link to …

Research Highlights: The global Forest Landscape Restoration ambitions could be impaired
by projects that ignore key principles such as the engagement of local communities in …

The Bonn challenge aims at the restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded ladscapes
by 2030. In Brazil, the restoration goal for 2030 is 12 million hectares. Despite the great …

Tree planting has been widely touted as an inexpensive way to meet multiple international
environmental goals for mitigating climate change, reversing landscape degradation and …

We are in an unprecedented moment for promoting forest restoration globally, with
international and regional pledges to restore at least 350 million hectares by 2030. To …

Forest restoration is a strategy to reverse forest loss and degradation. We overviewed
deforestation in the period 1975–2018 in the Brazilian Amazon and the projects, techniques …

Impact assessment is a key step in mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet,
it remains unclear if and how assessment frameworks influence urban planning, design and …

Ambitious pledges to restore over 400 million hectares of degraded lands by 2030 have
been made by several countries within the Global Partnership for Forest Landscape …

Based on “user pays” and “provider gets” principles, the Payment for Environmental
Services (PES) consists of providing economic incentives or compensation for land users …