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ScienceDaily  reports

Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tropical forests. • The higher the diversity of replanted tree species, the more quickly canopy area and biomass recovered. • Results emphasize the importance of preserving biodiversity in pristine forests and restoring it in recovering logged forest.

Read more Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration | ScienceDaily