Carbon farming: Prospects and challenges

M Sharma, R Kaushal, P Kaushik, S Ramakrishna - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon farming is a capable strategy for more sustainable production of food and other
related products. It seeks to produce a diverse array of natural farming methods and …

Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration

JP Romanelli, MR Piana, VH Klaus… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forest restoration has never been higher on policymakers' agendas. Complex and multi‐
dimensional arrangements across the urban–rural continuum challenge restorationists and …

Divergent hydrological responses to forest expansion in dry and wet basins of China: implications for future afforestation planning

B Xue, G Wang, D Helman, G Sun… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Afforestation to control soil erosion has been implemented throughout China over the past
few decades. The long‐term hydrological effects, such as total water yield and baseflow, of …

Future climate change would intensify the water resources supply-demand pressure of afforestation in inner Mongolia, China

Z Wang, D Xu, D Peng, X Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
As a vital solution for combating the environmental degradation, afforestation has been
widely implemented in arid and semi-arid areas. However, some negative effects have also …

Dynamic Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Urbanization: A Global Perspective

F Xu, S Zhao, S Li - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid global urbanization has a complex impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks.
Through its direct and indirect impacts on soil formation and development, urbanization …

Soil carbon sequestration in urban afforestation sites in New York City

AE Downey, PM Groffman, GA Mejía, EM Cook… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is great interest in the ability of afforestation programs to sequester carbon, improve
soil health, and provide other ecological benefits to urban areas. However, the capacity of …

The role of the plant microbiome for forestry, agriculture and urban greenspace in times of environmental change

F Brüssow, F Bruessow, H Brüssow - Microbial Biotechnology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This Lilliput article provides a literature overview on ecological effects of the plant
microbiome with a focus on practical application in forestry, agriculture and urban …

Vulnerability of street trees in upper Midwest cities to climate change

LA Brandt, GR Johnson, EA North, J Faje… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Urban trees play an important role in hel** cities adapt to climate change, but also are
vulnerable to changes in climate themselves. We developed an approach for assessing …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing ecosystem services of abandoned agricultural lands: a case study in the forested zone of European Russia

D Anpilogova, A Pakina - One Ecosystem, 2022 - oneecosystem.pensoft.net
The massive abandonment of arable land in Russia in the 1990s had a heavy impact on the
country's land-use structure. The cessation of cultivation leads to a decrease of provisioning …

Nitrogen cycling and urban afforestation success in New York City

GA Mejía, PM Groffman, AE Downey… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Afforestation projects are a growing focus of urban restoration efforts to rehabilitate
degraded landscapes and develop new forests. Urban forests provide myriad valuable …