Science Bulletin,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
69(9), С. 1332 - 1341
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024
A
troubling
feedback
loop,
where
drier
soil
contributes
to
hotter
climates,
has
been
widely
recognized.
This
study,
drawing
on
climate
model
simulations,
reveals
that
maintaining
current
global
moisture
levels
could
significantly
alleviate
32.9%
of
land
warming
under
low-emission
scenarios.
action
also
postpone
reaching
critical
thresholds
1.5
°C
and
2.0
by
at
least
a
decade.
Crucially,
preserving
prevent
noticeable
change
impacts
across
42%
the
Earth's
land,
stark
deviation
from
projections
suggesting
widespread
before
2060s.
To
combat
drying,
afforestation
in
mid-to-low
latitude
regions
within
next
three
decades
is
proposed
as
an
effective
strategy
increase
surface
water
availability.
underscores
substantial
potential
nature-based
solutions
for
managing
moisture,
benefiting
both
mitigation
ecological
enhancement.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
378(1867)
Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2022
There
has
never
been
a
more
pressing
and
opportune
time
for
science
practice
to
collaborate
towards
restoration
of
the
world's
forests.
Multiple
uncertainties
remain
achieving
successful,
long-term
forest
landscape
(FLR).
In
this
article,
we
use
expert
knowledge
literature
review
identify
gaps
that
need
closing
advance
practice,
as
an
introduction
landmark
theme
issue
on
FLR
UN
Decade
Ecosystem
Restoration.
Aligned
with
Adaptive
Management
Cycle
FLR,
15
essential
advances
required
facilitate
success
nature
people.
They
highlight
greatest
challenges
lie
in
conceptualization,
planning
assessment
stages
restoration,
which
require
evidence
base
why,
where
how
restore,
at
realistic
scales.
underlying
sciences
are
complex,
requiring
spatially
explicit
approaches
across
disciplines
sectors,
considering
multiple
objectives,
drivers
trade-offs
critical
decision-making
financing.
The
developing
tropics
priority
region,
scientists
must
work
stakeholders
Cycle.
Clearly
communicated
scientific
action
outset
will
enable
donors,
decision
makers
implementers
develop
informed
targets
processes
accountability.
This
article
paves
way
19
further
articles
issue,
author
contributions
from
world.
is
part
'Understanding
restoration:
reinforcing
foundations
Restoration'.
Remote Sensing of Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
290, С. 113533 - 113533
Опубликована: Март 15, 2023
Forest
landscape
restoration
is
a
global
priority
to
mitigate
negative
effects
of
climate
change,
conserve
biodiversity,
and
ensure
future
sustainability
forests,
with
international
pledges
concentrated
in
tropical
forest
regions.
To
hold
efforts
accountable
monitor
their
outcomes,
traditional
strategies
for
monitoring
tree
cover
increase
by
field
surveys
are
falling
short,
because
they
labor-intensive
costly.
Meanwhile
remote
sensing
approaches
have
not
been
able
distinguish
different
types
that
result
from
utilizing
(conservation
versus
production
focus).
Unoccupied
Aerial
Vehicles
(UAV)
light
detection
ranging
(LiDAR)
sensors
can
observe
forests`
vertical
horizontal
structural
variation,
which
has
the
potential
types.
In
this
study,
we
explored
UAV-borne
LiDAR
landscapes
under
southeastern
Brazil
using
supervised
classification
method.
The
study
area
encompassed
150
plots
six
divided
two
groups:
conservation
(remnant
natural
regrowth,
active
plantings)
(monoculture,
mixed,
abandoned
plantations)
forests.
data
was
used
extract
several
Canopy
Height
Model
(CHM),
voxel,
point
cloud
statistic
based
metrics
at
high
resolution
analysis.
Using
random
model
could
successfully
classify
forests
(90%
accuracy).
Classification
entire
set
less
accurate
(62%)
confusion
matrix
showed
divide
between
Understory
Leaf
Area
Index
(LAI)
variation
vegetation
density
upper
half
canopy
were
most
important
metrics.
particular,
LAI
understory
may
help
advance
ecological
understanding
restoration.
difference
success
underlines
difficulty
distinguishing
individual
very
similar
management,
regeneration
dynamics,
structure.
context,
ability
identify
complex
structures
plot
scale
groups
widely
distributed
across
restored
medium
accuracy.
Future
research
explore
fusion
optical
sensors,
include
successional
stages
analyses
further
characterize
contributions
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
29(18), С. 5321 - 5333
Опубликована: Март 27, 2023
Carbon-focused
climate
mitigation
strategies
are
becoming
increasingly
important
in
forests.
However,
with
ongoing
biodiversity
declines
we
require
better
knowledge
of
how
much
such
account
for
biodiversity.
We
particularly
lack
information
across
multiple
trophic
levels
and
on
established
forests,
where
the
interplay
between
carbon
stocks,
stand
age,
tree
diversity
might
influence
carbon-biodiversity
relationships.
Using
a
large
dataset
(>4600
heterotrophic
species
23
taxonomic
groups)
from
secondary,
subtropical
tested
multitrophic
within
groups
relate
to
aboveground,
belowground,
total
stocks
at
different
richness
age.
Our
study
revealed
that
aboveground
carbon,
key
component
climate-based
management,
was
largely
unrelated
diversity.
By
contrast,
stocks-that
is,
including
belowground
carbon-emerged
as
significant
predictor
Relationships
were
nonlinear
strongest
lower
levels,
but
nonsignificant
higher
level
Tree
age
moderated
these
relationships,
suggesting
long-term
regeneration
forests
may
be
effective
reconciling
targets.
findings
highlight
benefits
climate-oriented
management
need
evaluated
carefully,
only
maximizing
fail
conservation
requirements.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
6
Опубликована: Ноя. 9, 2023
Although
decades
of
research
suggest
that
higher
species
richness
improves
ecosystem
functioning
and
stability,
planted
forests
are
predominantly
monocultures.
To
determine
whether
diversification
plantations
would
enhance
aboveground
carbon
storage,
we
systematically
reviewed
over
11,360
publications,
acquired
data
from
a
global
network
tree
diversity
experiments.
We
compiled
maximum
dataset
79
monoculture
to
mixed
comparisons
21
sites
with
all
variables
needed
for
meta-analysis.
assessed
stocks
in
mixed-species
vs.
(a)
the
average
monocultures,
(b)
best
monoculture,
(c)
commercial
examined
potential
mechanisms
driving
differences
between
mixtures
On
average,
found
were
70%
than
77%
25%
performing
although
latter
was
not
statistically
significant.
Overyielding
highest
four-species
(richness
range
2–6
species),
but
otherwise
none
(nitrogen-fixer
present
absent;
native
non-native/mixed
origin;
experiment
forestry
plantation)
consistently
explained
variation
effects.
Our
results,
young
stands,
thus
could
be
very
promising
solution
increasing
sequestration
represent
call
action
more
increase
confidence
these
results
elucidate
methods
overcome
any
operational
challenges
costs
associated
diversification.
