Forest restoration of degraded areas as production systems in Legal Reserves in the Amazon/Cerrado buffer zone and in the Cerrado.
Forest restoration of degraded areas as production systems in Legal Reserves in the Amazon/Cerrado buffer zone and in the Cerrado.

Photo: FARIA, Gabriel Rezende
The goal is to assess the economic and ecological effectiveness of different models of forest restoration of degraded areas through the induction of secondary ecological succession, by natural regeneration, planting of seedlings, and the direct sowing of native and exotic tree species to compose the Legal Reserve.
Status: Completed Start date: 10/2011 Conclusion date: 12/2014
Head Unit: Embrapa Agrosilvopastoral
Project leader: Ingo Isernhagen
Contact: ingo.isernhagen@embrapa.br