Project Details
Description (abstract)
The TreesForDev project is excited to a present a 10-podcast series that will be released once a month from February to November 2024 on several podcasting platforms in conjunction with the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) podcast.
In response to accelerating, concurrent socio-ecological crises, ecological restoration (ER) has come to the forefront as a strategy to repair damaged/degraded landscapes. International pledges, like the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) have set specific targets to restore vast areas of degraded land across the world. ER encompasses a wide continuum of practices that seek to repair degraded land, natural ecosystems, urban landscapes, and farmlands. One of the foremost strategy of ER is to plant trees, often in the geographical contexts of the global South. ER involves many different forms of tree planting, with a mixed variety of species planted with an aim to improve wildlife habitat, local livelihoods, and climate change resilience. These tree planting initiatives are often supported by national political agendas seeking to address global and regional development priorities (e.g., UN’s SDGs) and by a variety of public-private partnerships and market-based funding (i.e., philanthropic donations & carbon markets) designed to scale up ER efforts in the global South.
Initial research suggests that while some tree-planting projects show promising potential, some efforts may worsen climate change-induced vulnerabilities, social precarities, and ecological conditions. Thus, a more detailed global and local analysis is needed of the dynamics involved in ER. This podcast series will bring to light stories & experiences of those who are working on the front lines of practical tree planting and academic research related to tree planting and ER.
The TreesForDev project is honored to collaborate with the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) podcast. Each of our episode will be released through their platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We will post links to each episode on this page and announce them on our social media and in our newsletter (please use this link to subscribe to the newsletter). If you would like the episodes to show up directly in your podcast feed, please subscribe to the EXALT podcast on the podcatcher of your choice.
We are extremely grateful to the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) at the University of Helsinki for their support of this podcast series. Without the support of the HELSUS societal impact grant we would be unable to bring this series to life.
In response to accelerating, concurrent socio-ecological crises, ecological restoration (ER) has come to the forefront as a strategy to repair damaged/degraded landscapes. International pledges, like the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) have set specific targets to restore vast areas of degraded land across the world. ER encompasses a wide continuum of practices that seek to repair degraded land, natural ecosystems, urban landscapes, and farmlands. One of the foremost strategy of ER is to plant trees, often in the geographical contexts of the global South. ER involves many different forms of tree planting, with a mixed variety of species planted with an aim to improve wildlife habitat, local livelihoods, and climate change resilience. These tree planting initiatives are often supported by national political agendas seeking to address global and regional development priorities (e.g., UN’s SDGs) and by a variety of public-private partnerships and market-based funding (i.e., philanthropic donations & carbon markets) designed to scale up ER efforts in the global South.
Initial research suggests that while some tree-planting projects show promising potential, some efforts may worsen climate change-induced vulnerabilities, social precarities, and ecological conditions. Thus, a more detailed global and local analysis is needed of the dynamics involved in ER. This podcast series will bring to light stories & experiences of those who are working on the front lines of practical tree planting and academic research related to tree planting and ER.
The TreesForDev project is honored to collaborate with the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) podcast. Each of our episode will be released through their platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We will post links to each episode on this page and announce them on our social media and in our newsletter (please use this link to subscribe to the newsletter). If you would like the episodes to show up directly in your podcast feed, please subscribe to the EXALT podcast on the podcatcher of your choice.
We are extremely grateful to the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) at the University of Helsinki for their support of this podcast series. Without the support of the HELSUS societal impact grant we would be unable to bring this series to life.
| Short title | TreesForDev Pod |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 27/02/2024 → 26/11/2024 |