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The importance of distinguishing natural forest regrowth from managed tree systems
Cambridge Open Engage, Vol.23 January 2024
Cambridge University Press
2024
Abstract
Nature-based climate solutions, such as forest landscape restoration, offer a promising approach to mitigate the effects of global climate change, conserve biodiversity, and enhance rural livelihoods. Heinrich et al. (Nature, 2023) used satellite observation products to assess rates and drivers of aboveground carbon accumulation in tropical recovering forests, which is knowledge essential for understanding their climate mitigation potential. They used a tropical moist forest cover change dataset developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to identify tree cover gains on former agricultural lands, and they referred to these gains as “secondary forests” assuming that all the gains were natural forest regrowth. However, tropical tree cover gains on former agricultural lands also include managed tree systems, e.g., timber plantations, oil palm plantations, and agroforestry. Ignoring the contribution of gains due to managed tree systems likely leads to a significant underestimation of the impact of management practices on tropical carbon sequestration; such impacts might either increase or decrease the rate of carbon sequestration by tropical tree-based systems on former agricultural lands, compared with natural forest recovery solely.
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- Title
- The importance of distinguishing natural forest regrowth from managed tree systems
- Authors
- Xueyuan Gao (Corresponding Author) - University of Maryland, College ParkPeter B Reich (Author) - Western Sydney UniversityJeffrey Vincent (Author) - Duke UniversityMatthew Potts (Author) - University of California, BerkeleyMatthew Hansen (Author) - University of Maryland, College ParkMartin Jung (Author) - International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisPedro H S Brancalion (Author) - University of Sao PauloSteffen Fritz (Author) - International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisDmitry Schepaschenko (Author) - International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisRobin Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreMaría Uriarte (Author) - Columbia UniversityTrevor Keenan (Author) - University of California, BerkeleyMyroslava Lesiv (Author) - International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisDongeong Wang (Author) - University of Maryland, College Park
- Publication details
- Cambridge Open Engage, Vol.23 January 2024
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.33774/coe-2024-tz347
- Copyright note
- The content is available under CC BY NC ND 4.0.
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99999995702621
- Output Type
- Preprint
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