Targeted rainfall enhancement as an objective of forestation.

Autor: Staal A; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Theeuwen JJE; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands., Wang-Erlandsson L; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany.; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden., Wunderling N; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany.; High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA., Dekker SC; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Global change biology [Glob Chang Biol] 2024 Jan; Vol. 30 (1), pp. e17096.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17096
Abstrakt: Forestation efforts are accelerating across the globe in the fight against global climate change, in order to restore biodiversity, and to improve local livelihoods. Yet, so far the non-local effects of forestation on rainfall have largely remained a blind spot. Here we build upon emerging work to propose that targeted rainfall enhancement may also be considered in the prioritization of forestation. We show that the tools to achieve this are rapidly becoming available, but we also identify drawbacks and discuss which further developments are still needed to realize robust assessments of the rainfall effects of forestation in the face of climate change. Forestation programs may then mitigate not only global climate change itself but also its adverse effects in the form of drying.
(© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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