Forest restoration is on the rise, but how we go about it is crucial

Oct 21, 2022

Pine trees field mountain forest restoration projects policymakers science

The leap from policymakers’ pledges to effective forest restoration by practitioners needs support from science. Image: Unsplash/Sergei A

Lander Baeten

Associate professor conservation ecology, Ghent University

Charlotte Grossiord

Professor of environmental sciences and engineering, EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

Christian Messier

Full professor, forest ecology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Haben Blondeel

Postdoctoral associate, Ghent University

Hervé Jactel

Director of Environmental Research, Inrae

Joannès Guillemot

Researcher in forest ecophysiology, Cirad

Kris Verheyen

Professor, forest ecology and management, Ghent University

Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Professor, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, University of Freiburg

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An X-ray scan of a core sample from a lime tree forest restoration

Forest restoration: An X-ray scan of a core sample from a lime tree (Tilia cordata) growing in the Belgian experiment FORBIO. The left is the centre of the tree, the right shows the bark. Annual growth is visible as individual bands, with broader bands corresponding to years of higher growth. Image: Lander Baeten/Ghent University,

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