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Reforestation projects capture more carbon than industrial plantations
Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial softwood monoculture plantations. The research, published in Ecological Management and Restoration, challenges traditional views on the efficiency of industrial monoculture plantations.
Reforestation Projects Carbon markets have become a potential source of funding for restoration projects as countries and corporations seek the cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions,' said Dr John Kanowski from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. 'However, there is a concern that this funding will encourage single species monoculture plantations instead of diverse reforestation projects, due to the widely held belief that monocultures capture more carbon.'
Bottomland Forest restoration brings back rare species
By The Nature Conservancy
Rare animal species are returning to West Tennessee’s restored bottomland forests, according to recent research sponsored by The Nature Conservancy.
Swainson’s warbler, the barking treefrog and the prairie warbler are examples of rare or declining species that have been recently found at sites along rivers where hardwood trees are being replanted and restored in the marshy bottomlands where they used to grow. Additional species found during the study include green heron, southern cricket frog and crawfish frog.
Historically, the rare animals had inhabited many of West Tennessee’s river bottomlands, but widespread removal of trees in decades past had pushed them out of these areas. The recent rare animal discoveries occurred during a two-year research project conducted by Associate Professor Matthew Gray and graduate student Beth Summers from the University of Tennessee’s Wetlands Program in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries. The research project was funded by The Nature Conservancy and the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Natural reforestation in southern Pyrenees favors orchid
Published: in Earth & ClimateA 13-year study has been key to understanding how and why an orchid species (Cypripedium calceolus), which is endangered in some countries in Europe, is surviving and recovering in the Pyrenees. The results suggest that the abandonment of farming and grazing, which is enabling reforestation to take place, is benefiting this orchid. Populations of species at the edges of their distribution areas, as is the case with the 'lady's slipper' orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) on the southern side of the Pyrenees, have always been considered to be more vulnerable than those at the centre of their range.
Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations
Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations
Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial softwood monoculture plantations. The research, published in Ecological Management & Restoration, challenges traditional views on the efficiency of industrial monoculture plantations.
Reforestation Projects
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Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations
Reforestation ProjectsAssignment Earth: Reseeding the rainforest
