There is hope for achieving ambitious Atlantic Forest restoration commitments

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Crouzeilles, Renato ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Santiami, Edson ^[4] ; Rosa, Marcos ^[5] ; Pugliese, Ludmila ^[6] ; Brancalion, Pedro H. S. ^[7] ; Rodrigues, Ricardo R. ^[8] ; Metzger, Jean P. ^[4] ; Calmon, Miguel ^[9] ; Scaramuzza, Carlos A. de M. ^[2] ; Matsumoto, Marcelo H. ^[9] ; Padovezi, Aurelio ^[6] ; Benini, Rubens de M. ^[10] ; Chaves, Rafael B. ^{[11, 12]} ; Metzker, Thiago ^[13] ; Fernandes, Rafael B. ^[14] ; Scarano, Fabio R. ^[15] ; Schmitt, Jair ^[16] ; Lui, Gabriel ^[16] ; Christ, Pedro ^[16] ; Vieira, Rodrigo M. ^[17] ; Senta, Mateus M. D. ^[17] ; Malaguti, Gustavo A. ^{[1, 2]} ; Strassburg, Bernardo B. N. ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Pinto, Severino ^{[6, 18]}

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^[1] Int Inst Sustainabil, BR-22460320 Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio de Janeiro, Rio Conservat & Sustainabil Sci Ctr, Dept Geog & Environm, BR-22453900 Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Programa Pos Grad Ecol, BR-68020 Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biosci, Dept Ecol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Letras & Ciencias Humanas, Programa Posgrad Geog Fis, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[6] Atlantic Forest Restorat Pact, BR-50050150 Recife, PE - Brazil

^[7] Univ Sao Paulo USP ESALQ, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, Dept Forest Sci, BR-13418900 Piracicaba - Brazil

^[8] Univ Sao Paulo USP ESALQ, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, Dept Biol Sci, BR-13418900 Piracicaba - Brazil

^[9] WRI Brasil, BR-05422030 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[10] Nat Conservancy Brazil, BR-01311300 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[11] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[12] Secretaria Meio Ambiente Estado Sao Paulo, BR-05459900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[13] Inst Bem Ambiental, BR-30494060 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

^[14] Fundacao SOS Mata Atlantica, BR-01311300 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[15] Fundacao Brasileira Desenvolvimento Sustentavel, BR-22610180 Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

^[16] Minist Environm Brazil, Secretariat Climate Change & Forestry, BR-70730542 Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[17] Minist Environm Brazil, Secretariat Biodivers, BR-70730542 Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[18] Ctr Pesquisas Ambientais Nordeste, BR-50050250 Recife, PE - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 17, n. 2, p. 80-83, APR-JUN 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 4

Abstract

Achieving ambitious global restoration commitments is a huge challenge. The Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, created in 2009 as a movement to restore 15 Mha of degraded/deforested lands by 2050, pledged 1 Mha towards the 2020 Bonn Challenge. We documented the restoration of an estimated 673,510-740,555 ha of native forests from 2011 to 2015 in the Atlantic Forest, and expect that a total of 1.35-1.48 Mha will be under recovery by 2020. The Pact is one of the first Brazilian restoration initiatives to monitor an international restoration commitment and to demonstrate that ambitious targets can be reached. Part of this success in large-scale restoration is related to three main Pact activities: (i) development of restoration governance, communication and articulation; (ii) promotion of strategies to influence public policies; and (iii) establishment of restoration monitoring systems. The experience and lessons learned by the Pact could inspire and inform other restoration initiatives worldwide. (C) 2019 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/50718-5 - Ecological restoration of riparian forests, native forest of economic production and of degraded forest fragments (in APP and RL) based on restoration ecology of reference ecosystems in order to scientifically test the precepts of the New Brazilian Forest Code
• Grantee: Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants