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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
Forest 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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