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Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
Author
Bruno Locatelli, Carla P. Catterall, Pablo Imbach, Chetan Kumar, Rodel D. Lasco, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Bernard Mercer, Jennifer S. Powers, Naomi Schwartz and Maria Uriarte
Year
2015
Journal Title
Restoration Ecology
Institution
Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Pages
1-7
Call Number
JA0616-15
Keywords
climate-smart, ecosystem service, forest, impact, livelihood, resilience, vulnerability, water
Abstract:
Tropical reforestation (TR) has been highlighted as an important intervention for climate change mitigation because of its
carbon storage potential. TR can also play other frequently overlooked, but significant, roles in helping society and ecosystems
adapt to climate variability and change. For example, reforestation can ameliorate climate-associated impacts of altered
hydrological cycles in watersheds, protect coastal areas from increased storms, and provide habitat to reduce the probability
of species’ extinctions under a changing climate. Consequently, reforestation should be managed with both adaptation and
mitigation objectives in mind, so as to maximize synergies among these diverse roles, and to avoid trade-offs in which the
achievement of one goal is detrimental to another. Management of increased forest cover must also incorporate measures for
reducing the direct and indirect impacts of changing climate on reforestation itself.Here we advocate a focus on “climate-smart
reforestation,” defined as reforesting for climate change mitigation and adaptation, while ensuring that the direct and indirect
impacts of climate change on reforestation are anticipated and minimized.
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