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CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION

Restoration where it pays off

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Economic analysis of a large-scale restoration project in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest finds that spatial prioritization efforts could provide an eightfold increase in conservation cost-effectiveness.

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Fig. 1: Atlantic forest restoration.

André Nave, Bioflora Restoration Technology.

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  1. Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Anni Arponen

  2. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, HELSUS, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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Arponen, A. Restoration where it pays off. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 16–17 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0765-2

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