Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon

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 exa...

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Autores principales: Locatelli, Bruno, Catterall, C.P., Imbach, Pablo, Kumar, C., Lasco, R., Marín Spiotta, E., Mercer, B., Powers, J.S., Schwartz, N., Uriarte, M.A
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94157
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author Locatelli, Bruno
Catterall, C.P.
Imbach, Pablo
Kumar, C.
Lasco, R.
Marín Spiotta, E.
Mercer, B.
Powers, J.S.
Schwartz, N.
Uriarte, M.A
author_browse Catterall, C.P.
Imbach, Pablo
Kumar, C.
Lasco, R.
Locatelli, Bruno
Marín Spiotta, E.
Mercer, B.
Powers, J.S.
Schwartz, N.
Uriarte, M.A
author_facet Locatelli, Bruno
Catterall, C.P.
Imbach, Pablo
Kumar, C.
Lasco, R.
Marín Spiotta, E.
Mercer, B.
Powers, J.S.
Schwartz, N.
Uriarte, M.A
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description 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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spelling CGSpace941572025-06-17T08:23:57Z Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon Locatelli, Bruno Catterall, C.P. Imbach, Pablo Kumar, C. Lasco, R. Marín Spiotta, E. Mercer, B. Powers, J.S. Schwartz, N. Uriarte, M.A climate change adaptation mitigation ecosystem services reforestation resilience vulnerability water livelihoods 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. 2015-07 2018-07-03T10:57:03Z 2018-07-03T10:57:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94157 en Open Access Wiley Locatelli, B., Catterall, C.P., Imbach, P., Kumar, C., Lasco, R., Marín-Spiotta, E., Mercer, B., Powers, J.S., Schwartz, N., Uriarte, M.. 2015. Tropical reforestation and climate change : beyond carbon. Restoration Ecology, 23 (4) : 337-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12209
spellingShingle climate change
adaptation
mitigation
ecosystem services
reforestation
resilience
vulnerability
water
livelihoods
Locatelli, Bruno
Catterall, C.P.
Imbach, Pablo
Kumar, C.
Lasco, R.
Marín Spiotta, E.
Mercer, B.
Powers, J.S.
Schwartz, N.
Uriarte, M.A
Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title_full Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title_fullStr Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title_full_unstemmed Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title_short Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon
title_sort tropical reforestation and climate change beyond carbon
topic climate change
adaptation
mitigation
ecosystem services
reforestation
resilience
vulnerability
water
livelihoods
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94157
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