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What is the importance of forest ecosystems? How big is the issue with forest degradation? Which solutions exist and are being applied today?

Our selection of videos, interviews and short explainers, brings you the answers to these and other questions! This information can be used and shared freely.

Videos

A super selection of fun and interesting videos, for children and adults alike!
Discover more about trees, life in forests around the world, and how we can make it better!
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Ecosystem services, Kids

Forests: Nature at your Service

An animated short film about the importance of forests in our lives. Produced for the United Nation Environment Programme on World Environment Day 2011 and narrated by David Attenborough.

Source: United Nation Environment Programme

Ecosystem services, Restoration

Restoring Degraded Land To Benefit People and Planet

WRI’s Global Restoration Initiative aims to restore degraded landscapes and forests worldwide, together with governments and international partners.

Source: World Resources Institute

Voices

Great insights in an accessible language.
Read our interviews with experts and practitioners in restoration and the integration of trees in our cities.
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Restoration

Alex Rübel

Former Director of Zurich Zoo

Learnings from the Zoo’s experience with reforestation efforts and community involvement in Madagascar.

Natural regeneration, Restoration

Alain Jacot

Head International Bird Conservation, Swiss Ornithological Institute

Migratory birds are a wonderful reminder of how restoration work can connect across larger distances.

Quick Guides

Short explainers for key concepts.
Information from specialist sources, adapted for a non-specialist audience, with text, images and videos.
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Urban green

Today’s Healthy Gardens for Tomorrow’s Climate, Part 2 – Analyzing your garden space

Would you like to create a garden in an urban environment and help protect biodiversity in the process? Some initial considerations will help with the planning.

Ecosystem services

Deforestation: the issue and the causes

The amount and type of forest cover has changed over time, both for natural and man-made reasons. In which way are people affecting forest ecosystems and are there any signs of recovery?