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ArticleNature communications2025

The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics.

Xueyuan Gao, Peter B Reich, Jeffrey R Vincent, Matthew E Fagan, Robin L Chazdon, Steffen Fritz, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Matthew D Potts, Matthew C Hansen, Martin Jung and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Xueyuan GaoDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. xg6497@princeton.edu.
Peter B ReichInstitute for Global Change Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4424-662X
Jeffrey R VincentNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-1019
Matthew E FaganDepartment of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-9251
Robin L ChazdonForest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-5687
Steffen FritzAdvancing Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0420-8549
Dmitry SchepaschenkoAdvancing Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990
Matthew D PottsDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-3944
Matthew C HansenDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0042-2767
Martin JungBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-1390
Pedro H S BrancalionDepartment of Forest Sciences, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8245-4062
María UriarteDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0484-0758
Trevor F KeenanDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-0258
Thomas W CrowtherInstitute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-8913
Ralph O DubayahDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-6346
Myroslava LesivAdvancing Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-3342
Shunlin LiangJockey Club Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing, Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Dongdong WangDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally regenerated forests and managed tree systems provide different levels of carbon, biodiversity, and livelihood benefits. Here, we show that tree cover gains in the moist tropics during 1982-2015 were 56% ± 3% naturally regenerated forests and 27% ± 2.6% managed tree systems, with these differences in forest type, not only natural conditions (climate, soil, and topography), driving observed carbon recovery rates. The remaining 17% ± 3% likely represents small, unmanaged tree patches within non-forest cover types. Achieving global forest restoration goals requires robust monitoring, reporting, and verification of forest types established by restoration initiatives.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesForestryForestsTreesTropical ClimateBiodiversityCarbonSoilCarbonSoil

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PMID40603883
PMCPMC12222686

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