Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 29, 2024
Planting
has
been
widely
adopted
to
battle
the
loss
of
salt
marshes
and
establish
living
shorelines.
However,
drivers
success
in
marsh
planting
their
ecological
effects
are
poorly
understood
at
global
scale.
Here,
we
assemble
a
database,
encompassing
22,074
observations
reported
210
studies,
examine
impacts
planting.
We
show
that,
on
average,
53%
plantings
survived
globally,
plant
survival
growth
can
be
enhanced
by
careful
design
sites,
species
selection,
novel
planted
technologies.
enhances
shoreline
protection,
primary
productivity,
soil
carbon
storage,
biodiversity
conservation
fishery
production
(effect
sizes
=
0.61,
1.55,
0.21,
0.10
1.01,
respectively),
compared
with
degraded
wetlands.
ecosystem
services
marshes,
except
for
have
not
yet
fully
recovered
natural
wetlands
size
-0.25,
95%
CI
-0.29,
-0.22).
Fortunately,
levels
most
functions
related
climate
change
mitigation
increase
plantation
age
when
wetlands,
achieve
equivalence
after
5-25
years.
Overall,
our
results
suggest
that
could
used
as
strategy
enhance
sequestration.
Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
376(6595), P. 865 - 868
Published: May 19, 2022
Multispecies
tree
planting
has
long
been
applied
in
forestry
and
landscape
restoration
the
hope
of
providing
better
timber
production
ecosystem
services;
however,
a
systematic
assessment
its
effectiveness
is
lacking.
We
compiled
global
dataset
matched
single-species
multispecies
plantations
to
evaluate
impact
on
stand
growth.
Average
height,
diameter
at
breast
aboveground
biomass
were
5.4,
6.8,
25.5%
higher,
respectively,
stands
compared
with
stands.
These
positive
effects
mainly
result
interspecific
complementarity
modulated
by
differences
leaf
morphology
life
span,
age,
density,
temperature.
Our
results
have
implications
for
designing
afforestation
reforestation
strategies
bridging
experimental
studies
biodiversity-ecosystem
functioning
relationships
real-world
practices.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
120(41)
Published: Oct. 2, 2023
Previous
evaluations
on
the
biophysical
potential
of
forest
carbon
sink
have
focused
forestation
area
distribution
and
associated
stock
for
equilibrium-state
forests
after
centuries-long
growth.
These
approaches,
however,
limited
relevance
climate
policies
because
they
ignore
near-term
mid-term
decadal
uptake
dynamics
suitable
species
forestation.
This
study
developed
a
roadmap
to
support
China's
"carbon
neutrality"
objective
in
2060
by
addressing
three
key
questions
forestation:
where,
with
what
species,
when
afforest.
The
results
yielded
high-confidence
map
China
at
resolution
1
km
identified
optimal
native
type
or
species.
Our
analysis
revealed
an
additional
78
Mha
up
2060s,
43%
increase
current
area.
Selecting
maximal
addition
maximizing
local
environmental
suitability
enabled
almost
doubling
potential.
Progressive
this
can
fix
considerable
amount
CO
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
382(6670), P. 589 - 594
Published: Nov. 2, 2023
Restoring
vegetation
in
degraded
ecosystems
is
an
increasingly
common
practice
for
promoting
biodiversity
and
ecological
function,
but
successful
implementation
hampered
by
incomplete
understanding
of
the
processes
that
limit
restoration
success.
By
synthesizing
terrestrial
aquatic
studies
globally
(2594
experimental
tests
from
610
articles),
we
reveal
substantial
herbivore
control
under
restoration.
Herbivores
at
sites
reduced
abundance
more
strongly
(by
89%,
on
average)
than
those
relatively
undegraded
suppressed,
rather
fostered,
plant
diversity.
These
effects
were
particularly
pronounced
regions
with
higher
temperatures
lower
precipitation.
Excluding
targeted
herbivores
temporarily
or
introducing
their
predators
improved
magnitudes
similar
to
greater
achieved
managing
competition
facilitation.
Thus,
herbivory
a
promising
strategy
enhancing
efforts.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: June 2, 2023
Forestation
is
regarded
as
an
effective
strategy
for
increasing
terrestrial
carbon
sequestration.
However,
its
sink
potential
remains
uncertain
due
to
the
scarcity
of
large-scale
sampling
data
and
limited
knowledge
linkage
between
plant
soil
C
dynamics.
Here,
we
conduct
a
survey
163
control
plots
614
forested
involving
25304
trees
11700
samples
in
northern
China
fill
this
gap.
We
find
that
forestation
contributes
significant
(913.19
±
47.58
Tg
C),
74%
which
stored
biomass
26%
organic
carbon.
Further
analysis
reveals
increases
initially
but
then
decreases
nitrogen
increases,
while
significantly
nitrogen-rich
soils.
These
results
highlight
importance
incorporating
interactions,
modulated
by
supply
calculation
modelling
current
future
potential.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(14), P. 6089 - 6089
Published: July 17, 2024
Nowadays,
climate
change
is
recognized
as
one
of
the
biggest
problems
world
facing,
posing
a
potential
threat
to
environment
and
almost
all
aspects
human
life.
Since
United
Nations
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Change
in
1992,
many
efforts
have
been
made
mitigate
change,
with
no
considerable
results.
According
projections,
temperatures
will
continue
rise,
extreme
weather
events
become
more
frequent,
prolonged,
intense.
Reflecting
these
concerns,
2015
Paris
Agreement
was
adopted
cornerstone
for
reducing
impact
aiming
limit
global
warming
below
2
°C
even
keep
temperature
rise
1.5
°C.
To
achieve
this
international
goal,
focused
mitigation
actions
be
required.
has
strong
forests,
enhancing
their
growth
but
also
risks
them.
Conversely,
forests
can
they
surface
through
influence
land–atmosphere
energy
exchange
absorption
vast
amounts
CO2
photosynthesis.
Consequently,
afforestation
reforestation
integral
components
strategies
worldwide.
This
review
aims
summarize
cutting-edge
knowledge
role
mitigation,
emphasizing
carbon
storage
capacity.
Overall,
afforestation/reforestation
hinges
strategic
planning,
implementation,
local
forest
conditions.
Integrating
other
removal
technologies
could
enhance
long-term
effectiveness
storage.
Ultimately,
effective
entails
both
restoring
establishing
alongside
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Nature Climate Change,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(9), P. 996 - 1002
Published: July 24, 2024
Abstract
Mitigating
climate
change
cost-effectively
requires
identifying
least-cost-per-ton
GHG
abatement
methods.
Here,
we
estimate
and
map
cost
(US$
per
tCO
2
)
for
two
common
reforestation
methods:
natural
regeneration
plantations.
We
do
so
by
producing
integrating
new
maps
of
implementation
costs
opportunity
reforestation,
likely
plantation
genus
carbon
accumulation
means
plantations,
accounting
storage
in
harvested
wood
products.
find
(46%)
plantations
(54%)
would
each
have
lower
across
about
half
the
area
considered
suitable
138
low-
middle-income
countries.
Using
more
cost-effective
method
at
location,
30
year,
time-discounted
potential
below
US$50
is
31.4
GtCO
(24.2–34.3
US$20–100
)—44%
than
alone
or
39%
alone.
that
offers
10.3
(2.8)
times
US$20
(US$50
most
recent
IPCC
estimate.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(20)
Published: May 15, 2024
Forest
canopy
structural
complexity
(CSC)
plays
a
crucial
role
in
shaping
forest
ecosystem
productivity
and
stability,
but
the
precise
nature
of
their
relationships
remains
controversial.
Here,
we
mapped
global
distribution
CSC
revealed
factors
influencing
its
using
worldwide
light
detection
ranging
data.
We
find
that
predominantly
demonstrates
significant
positive
with
stability
globally,
although
substantial
variations
exist
among
ecoregions.
The
effects
on
are
balanced
results
biodiversity
resource
availability,
providing
valuable
insights
for
comprehending
functions.
Managed
forests
found
to
have
lower
more
potent
enhancing
than
intact
forests,
highlighting
urgent
need
integrate
into
development
management
plans
effective
climate
change
mitigation.
