There's an increasing groundswell of interest at the moment in forest restoration.

CNN: Forests size of Russia 'could be restored'

We are bringing people who are working on forest restoration together, as well as increasing understanding of the contribution that forest landscape restoration can make in addressing climate change.

CNN: Forests size of Russia 'could be restored'

The map was drawn up by the World Resources Institute, South Dakota University and IUCN, for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration ahead of the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011.

CNN: Forests size of Russia 'could be restored'

Heatley, the ecologist, said that "not one" of the energy companies drilling in the area has a long-term restoration plan for sensitive deep-forest environments, and that permits usually require only minimal restoration, such as planting grasses.

WSJ: Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife

Ecological studies on the restoration of degraded forest land, the conservation of medicinal plants and their sustainable harvesting are being conducted at Achanakmar-Amarkantak.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

During the past three years, USDA's conservation agencies, the U.S. Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Farm Service Agency, have worked with more than half a million farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to enroll record acres in conservation programs, have targeted conservation dollars to locally-driven conservation initiatives and have worked to increase conservation and restoration activities on the 193 million acre National Forest system.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Environmental restoration would begin with reforestation of the almost 90% of Haiti's native forest that has been destroyed.

NPR: Graham: Haiti Must Have Help From United States