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Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored

  • Natashi Pilon
  • , Franciele Peixoto
  • , Rafael S. Oliveira
  • , Ana Carolina C. Oliveira
  • , Julio Alquéres
  • , Swanni Alvarado
  • , Jose G.M. Angelo
  • , Sally Archibald
  • , Mohammed Armani
  • , Ludwig Baldaszti
  • , Sébastien Barot
  • , Fernanda de V. Barros
  • , Mario Barroso
  • , Alessandra Bassani
  • , Mariska te Beest
  • , Juan Benavides-Tocarruncho
  • , Lorena M. Benitez
  • , Paulo N. Bernardino
  • , William J. Bond
  • , Bowy den Braber
  • Nina Buchmann, Elise Buisson, Bruna H. Campos, Claudia Campos, Josep Canadell, Tristan Charles-Dominique, Rachel Cohen, Anya Courtenay, Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, Gabriella Damasceno, Vinicius L. Dantas, Balázs Deák, Michele Dechoum, Adam J.M. Devenish, Milton H. Diaz-Toribio, Brice Yannick Djiofack, Jason E. Donaldson, Larissa Doria, Natalie Dudinszky, Lucas Durães, Susan E. Eshelman, Marcos de Fialho, Manfred Finckh, Jennifer L. Funk, Rachael Gallagher, T. Ganesh, Jacques Gignoux, Luiz Gustavo Gonçalves, Michelle Greve, Daniel Mark Griffith, Natalia Guerin, Kenny Helsen, Gareth P. Hempson, Ankila Hiremath, William A. Hoffmann, Sheila M. Holmes, Lindsay B. Hutley, Debbie Jewitt, Arjun Kannan, Marie Noelle Keijzer, David A. Keith, Sarala Khaling, Kevin Kirkman, Rosana M. Kolb, Foundiéré Koné, Alessandra R. Kozovits, Christian Kull, Frank van Langevelde, R. Sedricke Lapuz, Jean Christophe Lata, Soizig Le Stradic, Caroline E.R. Lehmann, Naíssa Luz, M. D. Madhusudan, Soro Nounfro Madjima, Iravatee Majgaonkar, Onildo J. Marini-Filho, Aklilu Negussie Mekuria, Paulina Meller, Máximo M. Costa, Raoni Merisse, Cássia B.R. Munhoz, Brett P. Murphy, Leena Naftal, Olinirina Prisca Nanjarisoa, Aya B. N'Dri, Ashish N. Nerlekar, Aristides S.G. Neto, Jesse B. Nippert, Sindiso Nkuna, Reed Noss, Imma Oliveras Menor, Colin P. Osborne, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Giovanna Palazzi, Catherine Parr, Juli G. Pausas, R. Toby Pennington, Valério D. Pillar, Francis E. Putz, Fitiavana Rasaminirina, Jayashree Ratnam, Diego Raymundo, Ana Ribeiro, Jess Rickenback, Lucy Rowland, Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio, Mahesh Sankaran, Naomi B. Schwartz, Seshadri Kadaba Shamanna, Stefan Siebert, Frances Siebert, Desireé Cristiane Barbosa Silva, Suelma Ribeiro-Silva, Domingos Fortunato P.F. Silva, Julliene S.G. Monteiro Silva, Fernando A.O. Silveira, Kimberley Simpson, A. Carla Staver, Bethina Stein, Nicola Stevens, Chris Still, Caroline A.E. Strömberg, Rima Mekdaschi Studer, Anthony Swemmer, Kyle Warwick Tomlinson, Orsolya Valkó, Renato Vanderlei, Joseph W. Veldman, Larissa Verona, Susanne Vetter, Ricardo A.G. Viani, Maria S. Vorontsova, Jakub D. Wieczorkowski, Benjamin Wigley, Amy Zanne, Giselda Durigan
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Carbon4412
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • Yale University
  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Sorbonne Université
  • University of Exeter
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Utrecht University
  • Nelson Mandela University
  • South African Environmental Observation Network
  • Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • University of Cape Town
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • Avignon Université
  • Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais
  • Global Carbon Project of Future Earth
  • CNRS
  • WeForest
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.
  • Ghent University
  • Royal Museum for Central Africa
  • Duke University
  • BirdLife International
  • Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET
  • University of Hamburg
  • University of California at Davis
  • Western Sydney University
  • Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
  • University of Pretoria
  • University of Glasgow
  • North Carolina State University
  • Charles Darwin University
  • Leads the Sci. Services Division at the Biodiversity Conservation Organization Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Universite d'Abobo-Adjame
  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
  • University of Lausanne
  • Wageningen University & Research
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • Université de Bordeaux
  • Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • Laboratoire D'ecologie et de Developpement Durable
  • Naturschutz und Geologie
  • Universidade de Brasília
  • Namibia University of Science and Technology
  • Michigan State University
  • Kansas State University
  • Southeastern Grasslands Institute
  • TA A51/PS2
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Sheffield
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Florida
  • University of the Sunshine Coast
  • Université d'Antananarivo
  • Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
  • University of Lisbon
  • Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação em Biodiversidade e Restauração Ecológica - CBC/ICMBio
  • University of British Columbia
  • North West University
  • Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
  • SEOSAW - Socio-Ecological Observatory for Studying African Woodlands
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Oregon State University
  • University of Washington
  • University of Bern
  • National Research Foundation
  • CAS - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
  • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Texas A&M University
  • Rhodes University
  • Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Nelson Mandela University School of Natural Resource Management
  • South African National Parks

Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

15 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1220-1224
Number of pages5
JournalPlants People Planet
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2025

Keywords

  • biodiversity crises
  • conservation
  • COP 16
  • ecological restoration
  • open ecosystems

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