Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 23:25:17 GMT -6
The Rainforest Alliance is excited to announce the Kleinhans Fellow, Alyssa Killingsworth. Alyssa is currently working toward her Master of Science degree from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry. As Kleinhans Fellow, she will apply her background in interdisciplinary environmental research and forest restoration to examine the effectiveness of Polylepis restoration efforts in the upper Andes in Ecuador. Alyssa Killingsworth, 2023 Kleinhans Fellow Polylepis is a slow-growing, endangered tree genus, comprising 26 species that grow above the tree line in the upper Andes and provide critical habitat for many endemic and endangered species. Deforestation has dramatically reduced Polylepis forest cover, causing habitat fragmentation and threatening biodiversity. Two non-profit organizations in the region, Acción Andina and Fundación Jocotoco, are working to restore Polylepis forests in collaboration with Community Forestry Enterprises (CFEs) and local Indigenous communities. However, these organizations have limited capacity to monitor their restoration efforts, hampering their ability to understand the effectiveness of these approaches.
For her Kleinhans Fellowship research, Alyssa will develop and implement a methodology for Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership, launched at last year’s COP, will move forward with funding packages to finance plans drawn up by countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to stop deforestation. We need to understand the critical importance of protecting what we have left, agrees Quiroz-Cullen: "We can’t have a situation where we are focusing purely on restoration and losing more of the unrecoverable BYB Directory carbon stocks that are so vital. "Up to a third of the climate mitigation that can be achieved will come from nature-based solutions,” she says. Now is the time to harness the carbon-storing power of nature. A trail though a forest, with dappled sunlight coming from the left. Leila Yassine, global advocacy manager for nature at the Rainforest Alliance, is looking forward to a.
COP that brings together the “inextricably linked” challenges of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss and poverty/Credit: Getty The rise of nature-based solutions Nature-based solutions such as regenerative agriculture and monitoring the health of restored Polylepis habitats, to aid in local restoration efforts. Over the course of two years, she will deploy automated recording units to passively monitor acoustics in primary Polylepis forests, restored forests, and the paramo (Andean tundra). Using acoustic data is a cost- and time-effective method to measure the presence and composition of wildlife, which is critical to understanding whether restored forests are providing suitable habitat for sensitive forest-dwelling species. Ultimately, this information will be used by local non-profits and CFEs to improve their restoration methods and make decisions about how to prioritize restoration projects to best enable key species to thrive.
For her Kleinhans Fellowship research, Alyssa will develop and implement a methodology for Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership, launched at last year’s COP, will move forward with funding packages to finance plans drawn up by countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to stop deforestation. We need to understand the critical importance of protecting what we have left, agrees Quiroz-Cullen: "We can’t have a situation where we are focusing purely on restoration and losing more of the unrecoverable BYB Directory carbon stocks that are so vital. "Up to a third of the climate mitigation that can be achieved will come from nature-based solutions,” she says. Now is the time to harness the carbon-storing power of nature. A trail though a forest, with dappled sunlight coming from the left. Leila Yassine, global advocacy manager for nature at the Rainforest Alliance, is looking forward to a.
COP that brings together the “inextricably linked” challenges of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss and poverty/Credit: Getty The rise of nature-based solutions Nature-based solutions such as regenerative agriculture and monitoring the health of restored Polylepis habitats, to aid in local restoration efforts. Over the course of two years, she will deploy automated recording units to passively monitor acoustics in primary Polylepis forests, restored forests, and the paramo (Andean tundra). Using acoustic data is a cost- and time-effective method to measure the presence and composition of wildlife, which is critical to understanding whether restored forests are providing suitable habitat for sensitive forest-dwelling species. Ultimately, this information will be used by local non-profits and CFEs to improve their restoration methods and make decisions about how to prioritize restoration projects to best enable key species to thrive.