Wetland Restoration Is Effective but Insufficient to Compensate for Soil Organic Carbon Losses From Degradation

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 34(5)

Published: May 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Aim To assess the effectiveness of wetland restoration in reversing soil organic carbon (SOC) loss from degradation. Location Global. Time Period 1996–2023. Major Taxa Studied Wetland. Methods We conducted a global meta‐analysis to compare SOC levels restored, degraded, and natural wetlands across different approaches types examine dynamic trajectories recovery influence climatic edaphic factors. Results found that passive increased degraded sites by 141%, compared an 8% increase active restoration. Restored inland showed 118%, while coastal limited improvement 5%, comparison with wetlands. Increases primarily occurred within first 10 years after then levelled off. That being said, accumulation restored rarely approached wetlands, highlighting importance protecting degradation for targets. Key factors were total nitrogen mean annual temperature. Main Conclusions conclude is effective but insufficient compensate losses This study provides valuable insights climate change mitigation through restoration, supporting goals United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Paris Agreement.

Language: Английский

Spatially explicit modeling of global tidal marsh accumulated carbon storage revealed its heterogeneous evolutionary patterns across world regions during 2001–2020

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 387, P. 125630 - 125630

Published: May 21, 2025

Language: Английский