How does management affect soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in boreal and temperate forests?–A review

R Mäkipää, R Abramoff, B Adamczyk, V Baldy… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The global forest carbon (C) stock is estimated at 662 Gt of which 45% is in soil organic
matter. Thus, comprehensive understanding of the effects of forest management practices on …

Comprehensive review of carbon quantification by improved forest management offset protocols

BK Haya, S Evans, L Brown, J Bukoski… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Improved forest management (IFM) has the potential to remove and store large quantities of
carbon from the atmosphere. Around the world, 293 IFM offset projects have produced 11 …

Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

M Patacca, M Lindner, ME Lucas‐Borja… - Global change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European
forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023‏ - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (chapter 7)

GJ Nabuurs, R Mrabet, A Abu Hatab, M Bustamante… - 2022‏ - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector encompasses managed
ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while delivering food, wood and …

Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests

E Martinez del Castillo, CS Zang, A Buras… - Communications …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is and will be affected by climate
variability. This multifaceted relationship has been assessed in several regional studies, but …

Global warming is shifting the relationships between fire weather and realized fire-induced CO2 emissions in Europe

J Carnicer, A Alegria, C Giannakopoulos… - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Fire activity has significantly changed in Europe over the last decades (1980–2020s), with
the emergence of summers attaining unprecedented fire prone weather conditions. Here we …

The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global changes

C Messier, J Bauhus, F Doyon, F Maure… - Forest …, 2019‏ - Springer
Human impacts on Earth's ecosystems have greatly intensified in the last decades. This is
reflected in unexpected disturbance events, as well as new and increasing socio-economic …

Commercial afforestation can deliver effective climate change mitigation under multiple decarbonisation pathways

EJ Forster, JR Healey, C Dymond, D Styles - Nature communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
Afforestation is an important greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategy but the efficacy of
commercial forestry is disputed. Here, we calculate the potential GHG mitigation of a UK …

The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

A Korosuo, R Pilli, R Abad Viñas, VNB Blujdea… - Carbon balance and …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract Background The European Union (EU) has committed to achieve climate neutrality
by 2050. This requires a rapid reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ensuring …