Comprises 3 initiatives: i) "From Bare Mountains to Regenerated Forest"; ii) "Forest Landscape Restoration and Community Well-being" and iii) "Evaluating Changes and Ecosystem Services in Nan's Restored Forests; testing the framework species method of forest restoration in Nan's highly fragmented landscape. Tree diversity, density & phenology and bird diversity are compared between restored sites and reference forest. Results are shared with local communities and the project's impact on livelihoods assessed.

Providing secondary school teachers and their pupils with science-based skills, knowledge and technical support, enabling their involvement in effective forest ecosystem restoration. Free teaching on seed collection, germination and growing trees in nurseries. Support for 4 school tree nurseries per year. A network for swapping tree seed species among schools. Technical assistance with tree planting and follow up.

FORRU-CMU and the Bangkok Forestry Herbarium, contributed to the Global Tree Seed Bank Programme by collecting seeds of 300 tree species and assessing the conservation status of 225 rare or threatened tree species. Funded by the Garfield Weston Foundation, through The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.