New research on the need for fuel treatments in high poverty communities
In partnership with the Forest Business Alliance, we sought to understand the overlap between forest fuel accumulation and California’s most economically vulnerable communities. Our research highlights extreme poverty communities in need of fuel reduction treatments…
A foundation of data and context for reforestation activity across the US
As an accompaniment to our 2023 Forest Nursery Assessment which analyzed the supply of seedlings, this new research describes the where and why of sustainable land use projects in order to understand actual and forecast need for capital, seedlings and other inputs…
New Leaf provides Landowner Assistance in Pilot Program
In a pilot oak woodlands restoration project, New Leaf will support private landowners in their efforts to conserve and restore their landscapes to benefit climate, biodiversity, and the local economy. The 100 acre demonstration will help landowners access planning, implementation and funding servcies and serve as a model for future financial and technical assistance work…
10 observations on the US forest nursery market and need for increased investment.
We provide a first-of-its-kind assessment of 1,400 plant nurseries propagating tree seedlings and other species applicable to sustainable land restoration projects. Analyzing the companies in the database and pulling from relevant peer research has validated some hypotheses and revealed other features about the overarching seedling market dynamics…
Key bottlenecks need to be addressed to expand our urban greening efforts.
Urban forests are an integral part of creating sustainable and livable cities, through aesthetics and psychological benefits, ecosystem and habitat services, and increasingly for climate justice and resilience. With growing support for urban greening efforts, we need to strengthen the pathways for future funding…
To move toward landscape-level restoration, we need to unlock significant amounts of private capital.
We know land restoration will continue to play a critical role in addressing climate change, biodiversity and equity goals, now is the time to accelerate project finance, especially for private landowners, to reach its potential…
Refining our direction based on three initial insights.
The landscape of nurseries has wide spectrums of operation size, geographies, species offerings, end customer needs, and many other metrics. As we have come to appreciate unique aspects of individual operations through site visits, we have looked to make connections and similarities across operations. Production has declined just as we should ramp up, our findings elaborate on the threads behind the story…
New research effort will examine investment needs of tree nurseries.
The impacts of climate change are accelerating reforestation needs across the United States. Increasingly intense and destructive wildfires combined with enduring drought and infestations have dramatically diminished forest resilience to natural disturbances and have released previously sequestered carbon…