Tropical forest restoration (FORRU); Thailand

Tropical forest restoration (FORRU); Thailand

While employed at the Eden Project Pete Whitbread-Abrutat developed and managed the partnership between Eden and the Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU), based at Thailand’s University of Chiang Mai. FORRU has successfully combined academic ecological research...
Restoring forests after surface coal mining, WCMT; USA

Restoring forests after surface coal mining, WCMT; USA

While Exploring World Class Landscape Restoration for his Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship, Pete researched the context, challenges, motivations and research of the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, (ARRI) and its allied projects,...
Improving tree establishment on mine wastes

Improving tree establishment on mine wastes

While a postgraduate research student at the University of Exeter’s Camborne School of Mines, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat devised, developed and managed a four-year research programme investigating the factors affecting the successful establishment of trees on...
Restoring the Amazon rainforest after mining; Brazil

Restoring the Amazon rainforest after mining; Brazil

While Exploring World Class Landscape Restoration for his Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat spent several days in Brazil’s Amazon basin researching rainforest restoration after mining. He visited MRN’s Trombetas...