This blog post explains why forest and landscape restoration matters in the context of the upcoming Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13) happening in Mexico and introduces a series of related blogs. This is the first blog in a COP13...
Effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities and women in ecosystem restoration is one of the three main principles of the Action Plan on Ecosystem Restoration that the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are expected to adopt at their next Conference in Cancu...
Elias, M.
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Vinceti, B.
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[Restoring lands and livelihoods in Burkina Faso: the business of one association]
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Restoring lands and livelihoods in Burkina Faso: the business of one association
Vinceti, B.
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[Women’s shifting rights to precious tree resources in Burkina Faso]
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Women’s shifting rights to precious tree resources in Burkina Faso
The Aichi Biodiversity Targets agreed in Nagoya in 2012 included restoring 15% of the world’s degraded ecosystems by 2020 (Target 15). Subsequent assessments have led to estimates that for terrestrial ecosystems, this 15% means restoring a staggering 350 million hectares – and requires billions o...
Vinceti, B.
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Elias, M.
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[Why seeds for trees matter in ecosystem restoration efforts in Burkina Faso]
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Why seeds for trees matter in ecosystem restoration efforts in Burkina Faso
Maria Fernandez, Honorary Research Fellow, Bioversity International, introduces this new video, in which young scientists talk about the challenges they faced doing participatory research and how they worked creatively to overcome them.
Fernández, M.
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[Listening to different voices - revealing local knowledge through research]
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Listening to different voices - revealing local knowledge through research
Natural and traditional disturbance regimes, such as lightning strikes, windstorms or shifting agriculture, can be important in structuring ecosystems and can provide a model for restoration activities. Evaluating disturbance regimes is one of the recommendations highlighted in the Short-term Act...
Snook, L.K.
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[Restoring productivity and biodiversity in tropical forests by mimicking natural disasters]
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Restoring productivity and biodiversity in tropical forests by mimicking natural disasters
Every year on October 15th, the UN celebrates International Day of Rural Women to honor and recognize the importance of rural women in enhancing agricultural rural development worldwide. The following story highlights the importance of integrating female and male knowledge in the conservation and...
Castello, A. del
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[Why a gender approach is important for conservation: a case study in Sarawak, Malaysia]
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Why a gender approach is important for conservation: a case study in Sarawak, Malaysia
Making sure that native species and seed sources are site-adapted requires a certain degree of scientifically-based decision making capacity, which most restoration practitioners currently do not have. As part of our CBD COP13 Forest and Landscape Restoration blog series, Evert Thomas writes abo...
Thomas, E.
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[A tool to guide species and seed selection for the restoration of seasonally dry tropical forest in Colombia]
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A tool to guide species and seed selection for the restoration of seasonally dry tropical forest in Colombia