26 Nov 2025 07:00
Talking Forests: Cristina Banks-Leite on Restoring the Amazon
Professor Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London) discusses the realities of tropical forest restoration: from large-scale reforestation projects and the practical challenges of seedlings, land tenure and finance, to why measured “success” can look counter-intuitive. She explains why current biodiversity metrics often miss the point, and how novel tools (like acoustic monitoring and AI) could transform how we listen to and protect ecosystems. A thoughtful conversation about balancing people, money and ecological intactness in nature recovery.You can also see Cristina Banks-Leite's talk on our YouTube channelWhat drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think
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