Potential impacts of COVID-19 on tropical forest recovery

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2020-09-29

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Zahawi, Rakan A.; Reid, J. Leighton; Fagan, Matthew E.; Potential impacts of COVID-19 on tropical forest recovery; BioTropica 52,5 (2020); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12851

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active restoration
deforestation
ecosystem services
natural regeneration
pandemic
passive restoration
regenerating forests

Abstract

COVID-19 has impacted humanity and the global environment in myriad ways, and more changes are on the horizon. Here we consider the impact of COVID-19 on our collective ability to restore degraded habitats and facilitate forest recovery in the tropics.