The best way to bring back forests where they have been cleared is to let them grow back on their own (i.e. “natural regeneration”). A plantation is not a forest, and should not considered “forest restoration”! Please see this article on this critically important point: https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-green-pledges-will-not-create-the-natural-forests-we-need
See our new publication on An Ecoregional Conservation Assessment for the Mogollon Highlands Ecoregion of AZ & NM, USA : DellaSala et al. 2023
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