Advances in Planning and Monitoring Tropical Forest Restoration
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 10
Editors
Interests: forest and ecological restoration planning; restoration monitoring; environmental planning; geotechnologies; geographic information systems; remote sensing; spatial modeling; ecosystem services; climate change mitigation; landscape conservation
Interests: tropical forest restoration; remote sensing of forest ecosystems; forest structure and biodiversity monitoring; LiDAR and GEDI applications; artificial intelligence and machine learning; spatial modeling and geoprocessing; forest biomass and carbon mapping; landscape ecology and connectivity; secondary forest succession; restoration planning and decision-support systems
Interests: remote sensing; drone-based monitoring; LiDAR; forest inventory; geospatial analysis; big data in forestry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical forest restoration has become a global priority in response to deforestation, climate change, biodiversity loss, and the degradation of ecosystem functions and services. Across tropical regions, increasing investments in ecological restoration have stimulated substantial advances in the planning, spatial prioritization, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of restoration initiatives. Emerging technologies including remote sensing, geographic information systems, spatial modeling, LiDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and integrated forest inventories are creating new opportunities to identify priority areas, assess restoration potential, monitor forest structure and canopy development, evaluate natural regeneration, map recovery trajectories, and support decision-making across spatial and temporal scales. Nevertheless, major challenges remain in integrating field observations with remotely sensed data, defining reliable and scalable indicators, accounting for ecological and socioeconomic differences among tropical landscapes, evaluating restoration outcomes over time, and translating scientific advances into operational protocols and decision-support tools. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, case studies, and perspectives addressing innovative approaches to the planning, prioritization, monitoring, and evaluation of tropical forest restoration. Contributions from diverse tropical regions and forest contexts are encouraged, particularly studies that integrate multiple data sources, assess restoration effectiveness, advance methodological frameworks, or support evidence-based policies and management strategies.
Dr. Paulo Guilherme Molin
Dr. Franciel Eduardo Rex
Dr. Ana Paula Dalla Corte
Dr. Catherine Torres de Almeida
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tropical forest restoration
- restoration planning
- restoration monitoring
- remote sensing
- spatial prioritization
- forest structure
- natural regeneration
- landscape connectivity
- restoration trajectories
- decision-support tools
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