What is the importance of forest ecosystems? How big is the issue with forest degradation? Which solutions exist and are being applied today?
Our selection of videos, interviews and short explainers, brings you the answers to these and other questions! This information can be used and shared freely.
Videos
A super selection of fun and interesting videos, for children and adults alike! Discover more about trees, life in forests around the world, and how we can make it better!
A fascinating example of landscape restoration. Almost 50 years ago, David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded landscape. Today, the land has been restored to its original habitat and boasts enormous biodiversity.
An animated short film about the importance of forests in our lives. Produced for the United Nation Environment Programme on World Environment Day 2011 and narrated by David Attenborough.
Great insights in an accessible language. Read our interviews with experts and practitioners in restoration and the integration of trees in our cities.
When green areas are seen as a added value: the perspective from a real estate manager on the integration of green areas with a long-term horizon in a large property in a prime location in Zurich.
Robin Chazdon and Sarah Wilson are two researchers with a long experience in ecological restoration and conservation. Their work links academia and practice across a wide range of ecosystems and human systems, keeping an holistic perspective on different approaches, opportunities and issues.
Quick Guides
Short explainers for key concepts. Information from specialist sources, adapted for a non-specialist audience, with text, images and videos.
Around the world, many initiatives and organisations are working to restore forest ecosystems and their functions, while ensuring a sustainable use by people. Corresponding to the global dimension of this issue, the commitments for planting or restoring are bigger than ever before.
Who is carrying this work and which challenges are there?
The amount and type of forest cover has changed over time, both for natural and man-made reasons.
In which way are people affecting forest ecosystems and are there any signs of recovery?
