Cambridge University Press eBooks,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 482 - 509
Published: Dec. 5, 2019
SDG
15
requires
the
maintenance
of
life
on
land
and
endorses
priorities
already
established
through
international
conventions
agreements.
The
scale,
complexity,
tropical
forest
loss
biodiversity
decline
versus
limited
resources
for
conservation
forestry
pose
many
challenges.
main
innovation
is
that
decision
makers
will
see
this
goal
as
one
to
integrate
with
other
SDGs;
risk
short-term
a
'business
usual'
approach
undermine
this.
We
examine
these
opportunities
challenges,
factors
impinge
upon
them
how
they
may
play
out
over
next
decade.
There
be
trade-offs
between
SDGs
resulting
from
competition
land,
but
there
are
also
synergies
require
recognition.
encourage
development
professionals
engage
those
responsible
all
Agenda
2030
targets
ensure
priority
in
related
processes.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: Aug. 2, 2022
Many
of
the
world’s
most
biodiverse
regions
are
found
in
poorest
and
second
populous
continent
Africa;
a
facing
exceptional
challenges.
Africa
is
projected
to
quadruple
its
population
by
2100
experience
increasingly
severe
climate
change
environmental
conflict—all
which
will
ravage
biodiversity.
Here
we
assess
conservation
threats
consider
how
these
be
affected
human
growth,
economic
expansion,
change.
We
then
evaluate
current
capacity
infrastructure
available
conserve
continent’s
four
key
questions
essential
for
future
African
conservation:
(1)
build
societal
support
efforts
within
(2)
Africa’s
education,
research,
management
capacity;
(3)
finance
efforts;
(4)
through
development
appropriate
approach
Africa?
While
challenges
great,
ways
forward
clear,
present
ideas
on
progress
can
made.
Given
modest
address
biodiversity
crisis,
additional
international
funding
required,
but
estimates
cost
conserving
reach.
The
act
must
sympathy
that
evident
Africa,
this
require
building
education
continent.
Considering
rapidly
growing
associated
huge
needs,
options
other
than
need
more
effectively
explored.
Despite
gravity
situation,
believe
concerted
effort
coming
decades
successfully
curb
loss
Africa.
Global Change Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
28(17), P. 5041 - 5061
Published: June 30, 2022
Abstract
Tropical
forests
are
complex
systems
containing
myriad
interactions
and
feedbacks
with
their
biotic
abiotic
environments,
but
as
the
world
changes
fast,
future
of
these
ecosystems
becomes
increasingly
uncertain.
In
particular,
global
stressors
may
unbalance
that
stabilize
tropical
forests,
allowing
other
to
propel
undesired
in
whole
ecosystem.
Here,
we
review
scientific
literature
across
various
fields,
compiling
known
environment,
including
climate,
rainfall,
aerosols,
fire,
soils,
fauna,
human
activities.
We
identify
170
individual
among
32
elements
present
a
forest
network,
countless
feedback
loops
emerge
from
different
combinations
interactions.
illustrate
our
findings
three
cases
involving
urgent
sustainability
issues:
(1)
wildfires
wetlands
South
America;
(2)
encroachment
African
savanna
landscapes;
(3)
synergistic
threats
peatland
Borneo.
Our
reveal
an
unexplored
shape
dynamics
forests.
The
identified
here
can
guide
qualitative
quantitative
research
on
complexities
societies
manage
nonlinear
responses
Anthropocene.
Global Change Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
29(9), P. 2536 - 2556
Published: Feb. 18, 2023
The
terrestrial
water
cycle
links
the
soil
and
atmosphere
moisture
reservoirs
through
four
fluxes:
precipitation,
evaporation,
runoff,
atmospheric
convergence
(net
import
of
vapor
to
balance
runoff).
Each
these
processes
is
essential
for
sustaining
human
ecosystem
well-being.
Predicting
how
responds
changes
in
vegetation
cover
remains
a
challenge.
Recently,
plant
transpiration
across
Amazon
basin
were
shown
be
associated
disproportionately
with
rainfall,
suggesting
that
even
small
declines
(e.g.,
from
deforestation)
would
lead
much
larger
rainfall.
Here,
constraining
findings
by
law
mass
conservation,
we
show
sufficiently
wet
atmosphere,
forest
can
control
such
increased
enhances
results
yield.
Conversely,
dry
reduces
This
previously
unrecognized
dichotomy
explain
otherwise
mixed
observations
yield
re-greening,
as
illustrate
examples
China's
Loess
Plateau.
Our
analysis
indicates
any
additional
precipitation
recycling
due
increases
but
decreases
local
steady-state
runoff.
Therefore,
drier
regions/periods
early
stages
ecological
restoration,
role
confined
recycling,
while
once
wetter
stage
achieved,
Recent
analyses
indicate
latter
regime
dominates
global
response
re-greening.
Evaluating
transition
between
regimes,
recognizing
potential
enhancing
convergence,
are
crucial
characterizing
consequences
deforestation
well
motivating
guiding
restoration.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
18(31), P. 19912 - 19930
Published: July 25, 2024
Moisture
power
generation
(MPG)
technology,
producing
clean
and
sustainable
energy
from
a
humid
environment,
has
drawn
significant
attention
research
efforts
in
recent
years
as
means
of
easing
the
crisis.
Despite
rapid
progress,
MPG
technology
still
faces
numerous
challenges
with
most
one
being
low
power-generating
performance
individual
devices.
In
this
review,
we
introduce
background
underlying
principles
while
thoroughly
explaining
how
selection
suitable
materials
(carbons,
polymers,
inorganic
salts,
etc.)
optimization
device
structure
(pore
structure,
moisture
gradient
functional
group
electrode
structure)
can
address
existing
anticipated
challenges.
Furthermore,
review
highlights
major
scientific
engineering
hurdles
on
way
to
advancing
offers
potential
insights
for
development
high-performance
systems.
Forests,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(3), P. 449 - 449
Published: March 2, 2025
Forests
play
a
key
role
in
carbon
sequestration
and
oxygen
production.
They
significantly
contribute
to
peaking
neutrality
goals.
Accurate
estimation
of
forest
stocks
is
essential
for
precise
understanding
the
capacity
ecosystems.
Remote
sensing
technology,
with
its
wide
observational
coverage,
strong
timeliness,
low
cost,
stock
research.
However,
challenges
data
acquisition
processing
include
variability,
signal
saturation
dense
forests,
environmental
limitations.
These
factors
hinder
accurate
estimation.
This
review
summarizes
current
state
research
on
from
two
aspects,
namely
remote
methods,
highlighting
both
advantages
limitations
various
sources
models.
It
also
explores
technological
innovations
cutting-edge
field,
focusing
deep
learning
techniques,
optical
vegetation
thickness
impact
forest–climate
interactions
Finally,
discusses
including
issues
related
quality,
model
adaptability,
stand
complexity,
uncertainties
process.
Based
these
challenges,
paper
looks
ahead
future
trends,
proposing
potential
breakthroughs
pathways.
The
aim
this
study
provide
theoretical
support
methodological
guidance
researchers
fields.
