Sarah Jane Wilson (co-author)
Conservation International, October, 2022
Assisted natural regeneration: A guide for restoring tropical forests (Access the PDF)
Authors
Sarah Jane Wilson, Ryan Smith, Robin Chazdon, Patrick Durst, Ruth Metzel, Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite, Salome Begeladze, Isabel Hillman
About
Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) uses nature’s recovery processes to restore forests. It is a process of protecting regenerating trees and plants to restore forest ecosystems where they have been degraded or converted to other land uses (1). Where conditions are right, ANR can be a cost-effective restoration tool (1, 2). This guide focuses on using ANR to restore forests at scale to mitigate and adapt to climate change, provide benefits to landholders and communities, and conserve biodiversity (3). It will help project developers, practitioners and decision makers assess if ANR is a good fit in a given social and ecological context. It also provides guidance on designing, implementing, and monitoring ANR approaches that are socially and ecologically appropriate, stakeholder driven, and balance competing environmental and social benefits. (4)
