Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration
Many companies are making ambitious pledges to achieve positive impacts for climate and nature by financing restoration of carbon- and biodiversity- rich natural habitats. However, companies cannot make evidence-based choices that will deliver successful restoration if the scientific information req...
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| author | Sarah A. Scriven Emily H. Waddell Sarah Sim Henry King Glen Reynolds Kok Loong Yeong Jane K. Hill |
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| description | Many companies are making ambitious pledges to achieve positive impacts for climate and nature by financing restoration of carbon- and biodiversity- rich natural habitats. However, companies cannot make evidence-based choices that will deliver successful restoration if the scientific information required to guide investment has not been synthesised in a way that they can use, or there are knowledge gaps. To explore this issue, share information, and identify knowledge gaps and research priorities, we bring together researchers, a conservation NGO and a multinational consumer goods company (Unilever), focusing on Southeast Asian rainforests. These habitats offer significant restoration opportunities for carbon and biodiversity in areas that have been degraded by commercial logging and agriculture. We find that procedures for carbon restoration are much better developed than those for biodiversity, and that new research is urgently needed to deliver evidence-based biodiversity restoration. Companies need to be confident that their actions are fit-for-purpose to meet their environmental pledges. Achieving successful restoration outcomes will require co-designed projects with the potential to deliver positive co-benefits for carbon, biodiversity and local livelihoods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d85324555e6742ba802ca5c6c2fa39a52022-12-22T04:37:57ZengElsevierGlobal Ecology and Conservation2351-98942022-12-0140e02305Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restorationSarah A. Scriven0Emily H. Waddell1Sarah Sim2Henry King3Glen Reynolds4Kok Loong Yeong5Jane K. Hill6Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK; Corresponding author.Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UKSafety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever R&D, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, UKSafety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever R&D, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, UKSouth East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, PO Box 60282, 91112 Lahad Datu, Sabah, MalaysiaSouth East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, PO Box 60282, 91112 Lahad Datu, Sabah, MalaysiaLeverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UKMany companies are making ambitious pledges to achieve positive impacts for climate and nature by financing restoration of carbon- and biodiversity- rich natural habitats. However, companies cannot make evidence-based choices that will deliver successful restoration if the scientific information required to guide investment has not been synthesised in a way that they can use, or there are knowledge gaps. To explore this issue, share information, and identify knowledge gaps and research priorities, we bring together researchers, a conservation NGO and a multinational consumer goods company (Unilever), focusing on Southeast Asian rainforests. These habitats offer significant restoration opportunities for carbon and biodiversity in areas that have been degraded by commercial logging and agriculture. We find that procedures for carbon restoration are much better developed than those for biodiversity, and that new research is urgently needed to deliver evidence-based biodiversity restoration. Companies need to be confident that their actions are fit-for-purpose to meet their environmental pledges. Achieving successful restoration outcomes will require co-designed projects with the potential to deliver positive co-benefits for carbon, biodiversity and local livelihoods.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989422003079RainforestRestorationDipterocarpaceaeBorneoCarbonBiodiversity |
| spellingShingle | Sarah A. Scriven Emily H. Waddell Sarah Sim Henry King Glen Reynolds Kok Loong Yeong Jane K. Hill Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration Global Ecology and Conservation Rainforest Restoration Dipterocarpaceae Borneo Carbon Biodiversity |
| title | Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| title_full | Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| title_fullStr | Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| title_short | Supporting decision-making by companies in delivering their climate net-zero and nature recovery commitments: Synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| title_sort | supporting decision making by companies in delivering their climate net zero and nature recovery commitments synthesising current information and identifying research priorities in rainforest restoration |
| topic | Rainforest Restoration Dipterocarpaceae Borneo Carbon Biodiversity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989422003079 |
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