Nine leading forest and climate experts defined 10 principles for equitable and transformative landscapes in a "playbook" for ecosystem restoration.

The playbook authors say these steps could be game changing if followed. The plan outlines climate change and forest loss as political, economic and social problems, not just biophysical or environmental.

Hear more about the playbook by listening to this reading of the original popular article by Liz Kimbrough, New restoration "Playbook" calls for political, economic, and social change.

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