Combining new forests attributes, structure and functions with the perception of their contributions to ecosystem services

• Grant number: 21/00828-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Technical Training Program - Technical Training
• Start date: March 01, 2021
• End date: June 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Nature Conservation
• Agreement: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion
• Grantee: Isabella Ferraz Oppici
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/18416-2 - Understanding restored forests for benefiting people and nature - NewFor, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

This thematic project aims to generate knowledge in order to improve large-scale forest restoration and monitoring. It is very important to understand how new forests affect people's lives, and to use it as a means to turn population into allies of forest restoration. This work aims to understand how features of vegetation (size, location, quality of new forests) impact ecosystem functions at the state level, according to stakeholders' perception. This will allow maximizing benefits provided by new forests for the population. (AU)