Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly on deforested lands
Tropical forest regrowth is an effective and low-cost, nature-based strategy for promoting sustainable development. Image: Unsplash/ Renaldo Matamoro
Robin Chazdon
Senior Fellow, Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute
Bruno Hérault
Tropical Forest Scientist, Forests & Societies Research Unit, Cirad
Catarina Conte Jakovac
Associate professor of Plant Science, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Lourens Poorter
Professor of Functional Ecology, Wageningen University
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