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Reforestation

Reforestation is a forest management and land-use practice that restores tree cover on land that previously supported forest by promoting natural regeneration or establishing trees artificially, thereby re-establishing a forest ecosystem distinct from newly created forests on non-forested land.

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8.4K

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2017–2026

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The global tree restoration potential

Jean‐François Bastin, Yelena Finegold, Claude García et al. · Science · 2019 · 2.2K citations

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Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry

J. Penman, M. L. Gytarsky, Taka Hiraishi et al. · IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) · 2003 · 2K citations

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Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China Between 1949 and 1998

Jingyun Fang, Anping Chen, Changhui Peng et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest Landscapes

David Lamb, Peter D. Erskine, John A. Parrotta · Science · 2005 · 1.4K citations

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Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation

Josep G. Canadell, Michael Raupach · Science · 2008 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

8.4K

  1. JH
    John Herbohn

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    14 publications · 922 citations

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  2. JA
    James A. Burger

    Virginia Tech, United States

    17 publications · 939 citations

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  3. PH
    Pedro H. S. Brancalion

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. CE
    Carl E. Zipper

    Virginia Tech, United States

    12 publications · 841 citations

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  5. JA
    John A. Stanturf

    Southern Research Station, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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Institutions

2.2K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    44 h-index

    315 publications

    23.1K citations

  2. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    32 h-index

    102 publications

    13K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    30 h-index

    75 publications

    5.5K citations

  4. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    28 h-index

    100 publications

    10.6K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    79 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. The Nature Conservancy

    Arlington, United States

    25 h-index

    70 publications

    7K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    23 h-index

    51 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    23 h-index

    73 publications

    6.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    203 publications · 14.9K citations

    66

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  2. Restoration Ecology

    64 publications · 5K citations

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  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    39 publications · 2K citations

    28

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  4. Land Use Policy

    36 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Forests

    63 publications · 2.1K citations

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