Theory and evidence indicate that trees and other vegetation influence the atmospheric
water-cycle in various ways. These influences are more important, more complex, and more …

Soil erosion control and water resource protection can closely interact during restoration of
terrestrial ecosystems. In semi‐arid ecosystems, an urgent issue is how vegetation …

Tree restoration is an effective way to store atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate
change. However, large-scale tree-cover expansion has long been known to increase …

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national,
continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use …

Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Severe droughts have the potential to reduce forest productivity and trigger tree mortality.
Most trees face several drought events during their life and therefore resilience to dry …

Forests provide vital ecosystem services crucial to human well-being and sustainable
development, and have an important role to play in achieving the seventeen Sustainable …

In recent years, armed conflicts are globally on the rise, causing drastic human and
environmental harm. The Tigray war in Ethiopia is one of the recent violent conflicts that has …

Afforestation reduces soil loss and minimizes landslide risk worldwide, but little is known on
the effectiveness of afforestation policies to control soil erosion with different vegetation …