International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(12)
Published: Dec. 9, 2022
The
world
has
long
been
struggling
with
environmental
issues.
depletion
of
the
ozone
layer,
greenhouse
effect,
and
water
pollution
are
just
a
few
many
problems
earth
is
facing.
Despite
efforts
to
try
improve
environment,
it
seems
that
situation
only
getting
worse.
One
most
pressing
issues
currently
facing
deforestation.
Nigeria
among
countries
face
this
challenge
making
an
effort
arrest
by
introducing
afforestation
programs
in
different
regions
country.
Thus,
study
tries
develop
conceptual
framework
for
factors
affecting
program
Nigeria.
paper
will
research
suggest
propositions
be
empirically
tested.
People and Nature,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 10, 2025
Abstract
Historically,
tree
planting
was
primarily
implemented
to
achieve
economic
functions;
more
recently,
environmental
and
social
goals
have
also
been
emphasised.
This
is
due
the
realisation
that
schemes
operate
in
a
socioecological
system;
hence,
understanding
fulfilling
local
(community)
interests
are
imperative.
We
conducted
13
focus
group
discussions
40
interviews
with
communities
at
Ethiopian
tree‐planting
scheme
sites
evaluate
their
perceptions
of
landscape
challenges,
governance
processes
identify
areas
for
improvement.
analysed
survey
responses
qualitatively
scored
level
community
satisfaction
each
scheme.
The
results
indicated
understood
felt
impact
challenges
while
being
optimistic
about
schemes’
potential
avert
these
issues.
However,
differed
markedly
scheme's
governance,
indicating
degree
which
met
related
community's
satisfactory
engagement.
Most
respondents
discussed
issues
proper
consultation,
engagement,
institutionalisation
capacity
building,
starting
from
input
phase
process.
concluded
communities’
valuable
all
phases
should
be
employed
improve
outputs
impacts.
hope
will
help
encourage
participation
steering
refining
inclusive
appealing
sustainable
ecological
socioeconomic
outcomes.
Read
free
Plain
Language
Summary
this
article
on
Journal
blog.
Conservation Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(2)
Published: Jan. 22, 2024
Abstract
As
global
tree‐growing
efforts
have
escalated
in
the
past
decade,
copious
failures
and
unintended
consequences
prompted
many
reforestation
best
practices
guidelines.
The
extent
to
which
organizations
integrated
these
ecological
socioeconomic
recommendations,
however,
remains
uncertain.
We
reviewed
websites
of
99
intermediary
that
promote
fund
projects
determine
how
well
they
report
following
practices.
Nearly
half
stated
tree
or
area
planting
targets,
but
only
25%
had
measurable,
time‐bound
objectives.
Most
discussed
benefits
local
communities
would
receive
from
trees,
38%
reported
measures
outcomes.
Nonprofit
with
greater
prior
experience
converged
more
closely
on
practices,
their
level
scientific
expertise
was
positively
associated
clearer
project
selection
standards.
Although
acknowledge
importance
clear
goals,
community
involvement,
monitoring,
our
results
raise
questions
regarding
whether
long‐term
are
being
achieved
emphasize
need
for
stronger
public
accountability
Restoration Ecology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
31(1)
Published: Oct. 13, 2022
The
strategy
of
the
United
Nations
Decade
on
Ecosystem
Restoration
identifies
three
pathways
for
action
overcoming
six
global
barriers
thought
to
hamper
upscaling.
We
evaluated
6,023
peer‐reviewed
and
gray
literature
papers
published
over
last
two
decades
map
information
landscape
underlying
associated
across
world
regions,
terrestrial
ecosystem
types,
restorative
interventions
their
outcomes.
Overall,
addressed
more
financial
legislative
than
technical
research‐related
ones,
supporting
view
that
social,
economic
political
factors
scaling
up
restoration.
Latin
America,
Africa,
North
America
were
most
prominent
regions
in
literature,
yet
differed
number
publications
addressing
each
barrier.
An
overwhelming
focused
forests
(78%),
while
grasslands
(6%),
drylands
(3%),
mangroves
(2%)
received
less
attention.
Across
action,
lines
(1)
promoting
long‐term
restoration
actions
monitoring
(2)
education
underrepresented
literature.
In
general,
assessed
rendered
positive
outcomes
except
those
a
political,
or
nature
which
reported
negative
inconclusive
Our
indicative
assessment
reveals
critical
gaps
barriers,
pathways,
types
particularly
related
specific
social
issues
such
as
Finally,
we
call
refining
“strength
evidence”
frameworks
can
systematically
appraise,
synthesize
integrate
traditional
practitioner
knowledge
essential
components
improving
decision‐making
Global Environmental Change,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
75, P. 102549 - 102549
Published: June 17, 2022
More
than
one
billion
people
worldwide
receive
cash
or
in-kind
transfers
from
social
protection
programs.
In
low-income
countries,
these
are
often
conditioned
on
participation
in
labor-intensive
public
works
to
rehabilitate
local
infrastructure
natural
resources.
Despite
their
popularity,
the
environmental
impacts
of
programs
remain
largely
undocumented.
We
quantify
impact
tree
cover
Ethiopia's
Productive
Safety
Net
Program
(PSNP),
world's
largest
and
longest-running
programs,
using
satellite-based
data
combined
with
difference-in-differences
inverse
probability
treatment
weighting
methodologies.
find
that
PSNP
increased
by
3.8%
between
2005
2019,
larger
increases
less
densely
populated
areas
steep-sloped
terrain.
As
increasing
is
considered
an
important
strategy
mitigate
global
warming,
our
results
suggest
a
win–win
potential
for
safety
net
component.
Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
386, P. 125709 - 125709
Published: May 13, 2025
Afforestation
is
a
natural
climate
solution
and
key
strategy
to
mitigate
change.
While
tree
planting
primarily
achieves
this
mitigation
via
above-ground
carbon
sequestration,
soils
also
play
dual
role
as
sources
sinks
of
greenhouse
gases
(GHG).
Understanding
afforestation
impacts
on
soil
GHG
flux
essential
for
leveraging
combat
global
warming.
In
research,
we
conducted
meta-analysis
157
studies
assess
the
effects
emissions
across
different
prior
land
uses
identify
emission
drivers.
Our
results
indicated
that
significantly
reduced
CO2
in
former
grasslands
deforested
decreased
CH4
most
uses.
However,
N2O
was
mostly
unaffected
by
afforestation.
The
type
forest
planted
influenced
emissions.
Hardwood
emissions,
but
no
clear
trends
emerged
from
either
softwood
or
hardwood
forests.
Tree
density
had
significant
effect
fluxes.
responses
changed
over
time
were
environmental
factors.
correlated
positively
with
organic
carbon,
mean
annual
precipitation,
C:N
ratio,
temperature.
increased
NO3-
microbial
nitrogen
moisture.
Additionally,
biomass
These
findings
highlight
importance
selecting
species,
site
conditions,
factors
optimize
afforestation's
potential.
PeerJ,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13, P. e19458 - e19458
Published: May 23, 2025
Background
Globally,
biodiversity
is
declining
rapidly,
including
tropical
forests
ecosystems
in
particular.
To
stop
and
reverse
this
trend,
governments
worldwide
signed
up
to
international
agreements
initiatives,
but
success
date
has
been
limited.
In
context,
reviewing
pioneer
trees’
ecology,
particularly
the
most
widespread
species,
can
help
gauge
their
pros
cons
guide
judicious
use
for
cost-effective
ecological
restoration
projects.
Objectives
This
study
aims
review
potential
of
tree
species
conservation
forest
identify
eventual
knowledge
gaps,
using
a
from
Africa,
Harungana
madagascariensis
Lam.
(Hypericaceae),
as
model.
Our
specific
objective
was
synthetize
information
on
distribution
habitat
H.
;
its
documented
interspecific
interactions;
restoration.
Methodology
A
scoping
conducted
multiple
databases
relevant
papers,
supplemented
by
Global
Biodiversity
Information
Facility
database
(GBIF)
extract
records
.
Following
PRISMA
screening
process
reviews,
398
publications
4,379
GBIF
(2023)
were
used
final
analysis
out
total
1,159
unique
articles
5,230
originally
retrieved.
Results
We
show
that
,
which
native
Madagascar,
some
islands
Mascarenes,
key
component
young
secondary
forests,
wetland
areas,
grasslands.
At
least
125
found
interact
directly
with
through
commensalism,
mutualism,
herbivory.
It
recognized
tool
regionally,
considered
invasive
Australia
where
it
introduced
and,
some,
Mauritius
native.
The
benefits
provides
include
capacity
improve
degraded
soil
fertility,
ability
compete
alien
mostly
due
heliophilous
fast-growing
nature,
good
nurse
along
interactions
support
numerous
threatened
ones.
Conclusion
African
plays
critical
role
vegetation
dynamic
holds
great
fostering
range
nearly
13
M
km
2
Its
greater
projects
could
significantly
accelerate
restoration,
decrease
costs,
increase
biodiversity,
leading
larger
areas
being
restored,
contributing
effectively
national
objectives.
However,
number
aspects
deserve
further
studies,
such
species’
multitrophic
precise
interactions,
strengths,
each
geographical
contexts
different
temporal
scales.