forest restoration
Regrowing cleared woodlands
Forest restoration is the process of returning degraded, damaged, or destroyed forest land to a healthy, functioning ecosystem.
This may involve replanting native trees, removing invasive species, or allowing natural regeneration.
The goal is typically to recover biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecological services: The organization has committed to forest restoration on two million acres by 2030.
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- saplingJuvenile woody plant
- tree nurseryFacility cultivating young woody plants
- seed collectionAssembled plant propagules
- prescribed burningIntentional fire for land management
controlled burn · canopy · reforestation · silviculture · natural regeneration · biodiversity · succession · rewilding · bringing back · native species · native plants · seed dispersal · mycorrhizae · soil health · carbon sequestration · regrowth · fire management · seedbank
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- conservation worktrail maintenance, tree planting, reforestation, native planting, wildlife monitoring
- eco activitiesclimate action, tree planting, beach cleanups, composting, river cleanups
- habitat creationnest boxes, bat houses, bee hotels, insect hotels, native plantings
- green restorationreforestation, revegetation, rewilding, native planting, native plantings
- revegetationreforestation, afforestation, planting, seeding, tree planting
forest restorationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clearcutting · logging · forest clearing · timber harvesting · slash-and-burn
forest restorationland development
Preparing ground for construction
urbanization · urban development · commercial logging · industrial development · mining
forest restorationecosystem collapse
Total breakdown of environmental systems
environmental degradation · biodiversity loss · habitat fragmentation · soil erosion · species extinction