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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!
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Ecosystem services, Mangroves, Restoration

Mikoko Pamoja Blue Forests – People & Mangroves Together

Taking the example of the Mikoko Pamoja, a project developed by our platform member Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES), this video shows not only the importance of mangrove forests but also how this project combines science, restoration and the improvement of lives in a coastal village of Kenya.

Source: ACES website

Ecosystem services, Restoration

Restoring Degraded Land To Benefit People and Planet

WRI’s Global Restoration Initiative aims to restore degraded landscapes and forests worldwide, together with governments and international partners.

Source: World Resources Institute

Voices

Great insights in an accessible language.
Read our interviews with experts and practitioners in restoration and the integration of trees in our cities.
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Ecosystem services, Restoration

Robin Chazdon and Sarah Wilson

Forestoration International

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.

Amazing facts, Natural regeneration

Tony Rinaudo

Principal Advisor Natural Resources at World Vision Australia

The father of one of the most impactful reforestation techniques shares his decade-long experience on how to get farmer communities to succcessfully regrow – not plant – millions of trees.

Quick Guides

Short explainers for key concepts.
Information from specialist sources, adapted for a non-specialist audience, with text, images and videos.
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Urban green

Today’s Healthy Gardens for Tomorrow’s Climate, Part 3 – Creating habitat

Our garden planning decisions help to ensure that wildlife such as bees and butterflies, as well as birds and small mammals, can also benefit from our urban retreat. With access to the garden and special precautions, biodiversity can be actively protected and promoted.

Ecosystem services

The basi(c)s

Our view of nature has changed over time and even nowadays has very strong differences around the world. How do we define the usefulness and value of nature?