1: UAV-derived forest degradation assessments for planning and monitoring forest ecosystem restoration: towards a forest degradation index

ABSTRACT: Global initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests have prompted large-scale forest restoration projects to combat land degradation, preserve...

2: A trait-based approach for selecting tree species for aerial seeding

ABSTRACT: We review recent ecological research on functional traits that can aid selection of tree species for restoration by aerial seeding. A major barrier in selecting species for restoration...

3: Forest restoration: concepts and the potential for its automation

ABSTRACT: In 2014, the UN New York Climate Summit set a goal to restore forest to 350 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, to counter climate change. Conventional tree-planting with human...

4: The ecology and technology of accelerating forest ecosystem recovery

Whilst the science of restoration has improved greatly over recent years, the technologies for implementing it remain primitive. Nearly all accessible land is already used for agriculture. So,...

5: Selection of native tree species for restoring forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: The framework species method is a well-established tropical forest restoration technique, which involves planting 20-30 indigenous forest trees species, with high survival and growth...

6: Research towards refining framework forestry

FORRU-CMU has conducted extensive research to refine the framework species method of forest restoration. FORRU-CMU staff periodically enters the target forest area, to collect data on the fruiting...

7: The Framework Species Method: Restoring tropical forest biodiversity in a changing climate

ABSTRACT: The ultimate goal of forest restoration is to re-establish climax forest, with maximum biomass, structural complexity and species diversity that can be supported by the soil conditions...

8: Forest restoration planting in northern Thailand

Deforestation is one of the most serious threats to biodiversity in developing countries. It causes floods, soil erosion and disease (owing to the loss of organisms that help to control vector...

9: The effect of artificial perches and local vegetation on bird-dispersed seed deposition into regenerating sites

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of the role of birds in natural regeneration could be used to accelerate and reduce the costs of forest restoration. This study determined: (1) whether artificial bird perches,...

10: The Chiang Mai Research Agenda for the Restoration of Degraded Forestlands for Wildlife Conservation in Southeast Asia

Back in 2000, forest restoration research was far from main stream. Deforestation was regarded as irreversible and the idea that ecologists could actually find a way to restore tropical forest...