# Introduction

Restoration initiatives aiming to recover the ecological function of degraded tropical land by *adding more native trees* — including agroforestry, reforestation, or natural regrowth, or any combination of the three (see [Table B](#table-b-mechanisms-for-sexytrees-with-credit-revenue-options)). 

All included activities restore soil fertility, biodiversity, water retention, and nature-based carbon on lands previously deforested or under unsustainable cultivation, while providing food security and livelihoods to smallfarmer and Indigenous implementers. They all have been proven to either reverse, or reduce pressure on, deforestation. We do recommend segmentation between them as they constitute variance in human activities and intended human use (see . 

<table><thead><tr><th>Mechanism</th><th width="94.359375">Tree</th><th width="99.1015625">Carbon</th><th width="131.328125">Biodiversity</th><th width="96.40625">Water</th><th width="93.66796875">Biochar</th><th width="100">Agrobiodiversity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Agroforestry</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td></tr><tr><td>Reforestation</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Natural regrowth</td><td></td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chagras</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>🌱🌱🌱</td></tr></tbody></table>

### **Table B:** Mechanisms for #SexyTrees with credit revenue options<br>

Chagras are included because they are awesome, often include trees and overlap on a subset of high-quality sites for the preservation of rare crops. Separating them from the protocol is unnecessarily reductive, including them synergistic. &#x20;

This protocol is written with standard generic guardrails for sites using it for MRV based crediting, but  if implemented under a certifying body, many of the sections will be streamlined or redundant.&#x20;


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