Robotics
,
blockchain
, and mobile applications are
digital technologies
developed to boost tree-planting activities and tackle environmental degradation. These digital practices also often offer carbon-offset services to individuals, companies, and investors, while structuring new green markets that promise to transform
restoration
agreements into local actions.
At the same time, these technologies raise questions about how the restoration of ecosystems can create meaningful local livelihood opportunities and the distribution of benefits. For an extended analysis of these dilemmas, see the related story, "How Digital Platforms Transform Global Forest Restoration Actions," and our Smart Forests
publication
, “Digitalizing Forest Landscape Restoration: A Social and Political Analysis of Emerging Technological Practices.” Environmental Politics. DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2022.2091417.