Bronson Griscom

Dec 6, 2024 | nature.com | Brooke Williams |Robin Chazdon |Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite |Bronson Griscom |James Watson |Anazelia M. Tedesco

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08106-4 Published online 30 October 2024In the version of the article initially published, in the Brazil section of Fig. 2, the land area with potential for natural regeneration was shown given as 55.1 Mha and has now been corrected to 43.71 Mha in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Oct 30, 2024 | nature.com | Brooke Williams |Robin Chazdon |Bronson Griscom |James Watson |Anazelia M. Tedesco |Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite

AbstractExtensive forest restoration is a key strategy to meet nature-based sustainable development goals and provide multiple social and environmental benefits1. Yet achieving forest restoration at scale requires cost-effective methods2. Tree planting in degraded landscapes is a popular but costly forest restoration method that often results in less biodiverse forests when compared to natural regeneration techniques under similar conditions3.

Jul 24, 2024 | nature.com | Jonah Busch |Jacob J. Bukoski |Susan C. Cook-Patton |Bronson Griscom |Matthew D. Potts |Yuanyuan Yi

AbstractMitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US$ per tCO2) for two common reforestation methods: natural regeneration and plantations.

Jan 23, 2024 | nature.com | Peter Ellis |Stephen Wood |Joseph Fargione |Yuta J. Masuda |Timm Kroeger |Bronson Griscom

AbstractNatural climate solutions can mitigate climate change in the near-term, during a climate-critical window. Yet, persistent misunderstandings about what constitutes a natural climate solution generate unnecessary confusion and controversy, thereby delaying critical mitigation action.

Oct 13, 2023 | time.com | Bronson Griscom

IdeasOctober 13, 2023 12:47 PM EDTGriscom is the vice president of natural climate solutions at Conservation International, a U.S.-based nonprofit. In 1983, at a beach resort in Fiji, a young man named Jay Westerveld saw a request that hotel guests reuse their towels to “save our planet.” Reflecting on his experience in a college term paper, Westerveld pointed out the hypocrisy of guilt-tripping guests about towels while the hotel was hastily building more bungalows.