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Landscape Forestry in the Tropics

New research focus  · LaForeT - R²  under consideration of Restoration and REDD+ · (2020-2023)


"Towards policy approaches for improving livelihoods, sustainable forest management and conservation."

LaForeT explores the impact of policy instruments on deforestation and reforestation in the Tropics. It is funded by the Thünen Institute and the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) in collaboration with partners in Ecuador, the Philippines and Zambia.

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Climate change mitigation potential of forest-based NCSs for 2020–2050. The wide range of estimates is due to studies differing in basic assumptions on a number of biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Technical, economic, and sustainable potentials are differentiated by colour.
A new book chapter examines how forest restoration

can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation

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Open geodata of the LaForeT project landscapes

in Ecuador, the Philippines and Zambia now available.

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Scenario RAP (Restoration Area Potentials) "potential FLR (forest landscape restoration)" landscape configuration in 2050
New article: Quo vadis, smallholder forest landscape?

An introduction to the LPB-RAP model · LaForeT-R2 WP6 „Landscape Modelling and Policy Scenarios“ LPB-RAP model published open-access and open source

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