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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!

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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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Amazing facts, Kids, Urban green

How trees talk

The other www is the Wood Wide Web – a network of trees and fungi that connects entire florests, allowing them to share food, resources and information.

Source: BBC News’ YouTube channel

Ecosystem services, Restoration

Selah: Water from Stone

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.

Source: Fin&Fur Films

Agroforestry, Palm oil

Palm oil in Indonesia

Can palm oil really be produced without causing deforestation? In Indonesia, the global top producer, palm oil is one of the main drivers of deforestation in the country. But palm oil is also a critical industry, involving small farmers & multinational companies, governments and international investors. As this video shows, any attempt to improve the current situation must deal with all these levels and realities.

Source: The Forests Dialogue

Voices

Our interviews with experts and practitioners in restoration, and on the integration of trees in urban environments

Voices

Restoration, Switzerland, Urban green

Verena Guran-Fierz

Founder and President – Reforestation World Association

What motivates a “normal” person to start an organisation like Reforestation World? And why are trees important?

Voices

Urban green

Naomi Zürcher – Arbor Aegis

Urban Forester and Consulting Arborist

How should we define – and care for – urban trees, in a way that respects their nature and ensures that we can benefit the most from healthy urban forests?

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Urban green

Heinz Vögeli – EPI

Head of Real Estate – Swiss EPI

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.

Voices

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.

Voices

Restoration

Chris Reij

Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute

Lessons from a top expert with several decades of experience on land restoration, in Africa and elsewhere, and a system-wide perspective on the topic.

Voices

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.

Voices

Restoration

Alex Rübel

Former Director of Zurich Zoo

Learnings from the Zoo’s experience with reforestation efforts and community involvement in Madagascar.

Quick Guides

Short explainers for key concepts

Quick guides

Initiatives and organisations in action

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?

Quick guides

Deforestation: the issue and the causes

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?

Quick guides

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?

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