6/n However, smaller landowners and those in poorer areas risk being marginalised from the Atlantic Forest restoration agenda, highlighting the need for more inclusive and equitable restoration strategies.

4/n Landowners with large properties and high cattle densities are more likely to restore. Properties with water bodies or near urban areas are also more likely to be restored. On the other hand, properties in remote, rugged, less populated, and poorer regions are less likely to be restored.

3/n We combined data from over 220,000 farms and restoration documented by the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact, drawing on insights from Diffusion of Innovations Theory, in a large spatial analysis.

2/n We wanted to know why some landowners in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil – a globally important biodiversity hotspot – choose to restore forests while others do not. Exploring such drivers can help inform more effective and socially equitable restoration scaling strategies.

1/n New paper relevant to those interested in scaling forest restoration: Spatial predictors of landowners' engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (doi.org/10.1002/pan3...)

Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!