Book chapter
Securing water for trees and people: possible avenues
Water for forests and people in the Mediterranean region: a challenging balance, pp.83-91
What science can tell us, 1, European Forest Institute
2011
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Abstract
In the context of water scarcity, threats on forest survival in drier areas, and thus of inevitable trade-off between man and nature for the use of water, this section addresses three main questions of importance for foresters and land-use planners:
a) Can vegetation (upper- and understorey) management techniques in existing forest ecosystems reduce water stress for trees?
b) Can vegetation management and land-use planning increase the availability of
blue water and green water for other uses than the forest?
c) To what extent and in what conditions can green water be directed to tree plantations?
Details
- Title
- Securing water for trees and people: possible avenues
- Creators
- Carlos Gracia - CREAF-UB (Spain)Jerry Vanclay - Southern Cross UniversityHamed Daly - National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and ForestsSanti Sabate - CREAF-UB (Spain)Javier Gyengé - INTA (Argentina)
- Contributors
- Yves Birot (Editor of compilation) - EFIMED (France)Carlos Gracia (Editor of compilation) - CREAF-UB (Spain)Marc Palahí (Editor of compilation) - EFIMED (France)
- Publication Details
- Water for forests and people in the Mediterranean region: a challenging balance, pp.83-91
- Series
- What science can tell us; 1
- Publisher
- European Forest Institute; Joensuu, Finland
- Identifiers
- 2401; 991012821558702368
- Academic Unit
- Forest Research Centre; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter