Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions

BA Williams, HL Beyer, ME Fagan, RL Chazdon… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Extensive forest restoration is a key strategy to meet nature-based sustainable development
goals and provide multiple social and environmental benefits. Yet achieving forest …

Plant-inspired building blocks for future plastics

AM Vos, E Maaskant, W Post, D Bosch - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
The transition from a linear fossil-based economy to a renewable circular economy requires
a new approach to produce building blocks for plastics. This provides opportunities to …

Differences in drought characteristics, progression, and recession across ecosystem types in the pantropical region of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin

G Feng, Z Xu, N Khongdee, LR Mansaray… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exploring the development and impacts of drought across different ecosystems can offer
new insights for mitigating the adverse effects of drought events. Using the pantropical …

[HTML][HTML] Early identification of immature rubber plantations using Landsat and Sentinel satellite images

X Wang, B Chen, J Dong, Y Gao, G Wang, H Lai… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Early identification of rubber plantations holds significant importance for both optimal
plantation management and scientific studies. Even though remote sensing techniques for …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal characteristics and multi-scenario simulation analysis of ecosystem service value in coastal wetland: A case study of the coastal zone of …

L Wei, M Mao, Y Zhao, G Wu, H Wang, M Li… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal wetland ecosystems harbor rich biodiversity and possess significant ecosystem
service value (ESV). Therefore, it offers a range of crucial ecosystem services (ES) for …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of ecological cognitive bias on pesticide reduction by natural rubber farmers in China: Insight from price insurance satisfaction

D Chen, J Liu, D Zhang, Z Dong, T Xu - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Some natural rubber farmers mistakenly equate the ecological functions of rubber
plantations with those of primary forests. This cognitive bias can hinder pesticide reduction …

Half of land use carbon emissions in Southeast Asia can be mitigated through peat swamp forest and mangrove conservation and restoration

SD Sasmito, P Taillardat, WC Adinugroho… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Southeast Asia (SEA) contributes approximately one-third of global land-use change carbon
emissions, a substantial yet highly uncertain part of which is from anthropogenically …

Drought Sensitivity and Vulnerability of Rubber Plantation GPP—Insights from Flux Site-Based Simulation

R Zhang, XE, Z Ma, Y An, Q Bao, Z Wu, L Wu, Z Sun - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Drought, an intricate natural phenomenon globally, significantly influences the gross primary
productivity (GPP) and carbon sink potential of tropical forests. Present research on the …

Precise map** of coastal wetlands using time-series remote sensing images and deep learning model

L Ke, Y Lu, Q Tan, Y Zhao, Q Wang - Frontiers in Forests and Global …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Map** coastal wetlands' spatial distribution and spatiotemporal dynamics is crucial for
ecological conservation and restoration efforts. However, the high hydrological dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the accuracy of canopy height map** in rubber plantations based on stand age, multi-source satellite images, and random forest algorithm

Y Gao, T Yun, B Chen, H Lai, X Wang, G Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate canopy height map** is crucial for estimating rubber plantation productivity,
carbon storage, and biomass accurately. The prevailing method combines Global …