After Hurricane Melissa: What Does It Mean to Restore a Forest?
13 août 2026
ENGLISH — After Hurricane Melissa, restoring Jamaica’s forests cannot be reduced to planting trees. Drawing on more than five decades of Jamaican forest research, this scientific synthesis examines natural regeneration, biological legacies, delayed mortality, invasive species, climate-driven change, mangrove and watershed recovery, and long-term ecological monitoring. It also proposes a new testable working hypothesis: that...