Jared Messinger

Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Bio

Jared is a Manager with the Global Restoration Initiative team. His work supports the process to inspire, implement and scale efforts to restore degraded and deforested land back to economic, social and environmental productivity.

Prior to joining the Restoration team, Jared interned with Global Forest Watch, where he managed a small grants fund to finance civil society projects that improve forest governance. He has previously worked on stream and wetland restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay region, on species conservation projects in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, and with Arbor Day Foundation to implement a tree-based energy efficiency program in the United States.

Jared holds an MPA in Environmental Science & Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a BSc in Natural Resource Conservation and Forestry from Virginia Tech.

In his spare time, Jared enjoys running, biking, cooking, travelling, and hiking, loves watching baseball, and always welcomes new book suggestions.

Blog Posts

Can Plantations Help Restore Degraded and Deforested Land?
by Jared Messinger - March 15, 2016
For better or for worse, plantation forests are here to stay. But through sustainable management and a "landscape approach," plantations can actually help contribute to the global restoration movement. Researcher Jared Messinger explains.
Getting Governors on Board with Landscape Restoration
by Jared Messinger and Sean DeWitt - August 10, 2015
As momentum builds towards the climate negotiations in Paris, national governments are being asked to consider how their countries will contribute to a low-carbon, climate resilient future. With support from international efforts like the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests, many countries are committing to restore degraded land and forests to offset emissions as they improve household income and food security. But while these international frameworks and national commitments are important, it is often the states, provinces and districts that must go beyond commitment to take action.
Bonn Challenge 2.0: Forest and Landscape Restoration Emerges as a Key Climate Solution
by Nigel Sizer, Sean DeWitt and Jared Messinger - April 15, 2015
The Bonn Challenge—only an idea just four years ago—has already secured commitments from more than 20 countries to restore 60 million hectares of degraded land.
Bonn Challenge On Track to Meet Land Restoration Goal by 2020
by Jared Messinger and Sean DeWitt - March 20, 2015
The Bonn Challenge, a global movement aimed at starting to restore 150 million hectares by 2020, is on track to meet or exceed this ambitious goal. International partners meet in Bonn this week to discuss progress already made and a vision for what should happen after 2020.
Reducing Latin America’s Carbon Footprint Means Restoring Life to Degraded Lands
by Walter Vergara and Jared Messinger - December 07, 2014
Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean lost 36 million hectares of forest and grassland to agricultural expansion, and nearly half of the region's greenhouse gas emissions are the result of land-use change, forestry, and agriculture. So there’s a clear solution to curbing climate change in the LAC region—restore life to its degraded landscapes.

That's where Initiative 20x20 comes in.
Restoration Pledges in NY Declaration on Forests: Where Are the Opportunities?
by Sean DeWitt, Katie Reytar, James Anderson, Lars Laestadius and Jared Messinger - October 07, 2014
The newly established New York Declaration on Forests aims to restore 350 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes into productivity by 2030—an area the size of India.

Here we highlight countries that are prime for restoration.

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Can Plantations Help Restore Degraded and Deforested Land?

Getting Governors on Board with Landscape Restoration

Bonn Challenge 2.0: Forest and Landscape Restoration Emerges as a Key Climate Solution

Bonn Challenge On Track to Meet Land Restoration Goal by 2020

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Reducing Latin America’s Carbon Footprint Means Restoring Life to Degraded Lands

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