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Managing Forests for Both Downstream and Downwind Water
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol.2, 64
18/10/2019
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Abstract
Forests and trees are key to solving water availability problems in the face of climate change and to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A recent global assessment of forest and water science posed the question: How do forests matter for water? Here we synthesize science from that assessment, which shows that forests and water are an integrated system. We assert that forests, from the tops of their canopies to the base of the soils in which trees are rooted, must be considered a key component in the complex temporal and spatial dimensions of the hydrologic cycle. While it is clear that forests influence both downstream and downwind water availability, their actual impact depends on where they are located and their processes affected by natural and anthropogenic conditions. A holistic approach is needed to manage the connections between forests, water and people in the face of current governance systems that often ignore these connections. We need policy interventions that will lead to forestation strategies that decrease the dangerous rate of loss in forest cover and that-where appropriate-increase the gain in forest cover. We need collective interventions that will integrate transboundary forest and water management to ensure sustainability of water supplies at local, national and continental scales. The United Nations should continue to show leadership by providing forums in which interventions can be discussed, negotiated and monitored, and national governments must collaborate to sustainably manage forests to ensure secure water supplies and equitable and sustainable outcomes.
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- Title
- Managing Forests for Both Downstream and Downwind Water
- Creators
- Irena F Creed - University of SaskatchewanJulia A Jones - Oregon State UniversityEmma Archer - University of PretoriaMarius Claassen - University of PretoriaDavid Ellison - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSteven McNulty - Forest Service Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment CenterMeine van Noordwijk - World Agroforestry CentreBhaskar Vira - University of CambridgeXiaohua Wei - University of British ColumbiaKevin Bishop - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesJuan A Blanco - Universidad Pública de NavarraMark Gush - Royal Horticultural SocietyDipak Gyawali - Nepal Academy of Science and TechnologyEsteban Jobbagy - Universidad Nacional de San LuisLara Antonio - Universidad Austral de ChileChristian Little - Center for Climate and Resilience ResearchJulia Martin-Ortega - University of LeedsAditi Mukherji - International Water Management InstituteDaniel Murdiyarso - Center for International Forestry ResearchPaola Ovando Pol - University of LeedsCaroline A. Sullivan - Southern Cross UniversityJianchu Xu - Kunming Institute of Botany
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol.2, 64
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Identifiers
- 991013016097502368
- Copyright
- Open Access funder and institutional mandates: Frontiers is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the Australian Research Council (Australia) are fully compatible with publishing in Frontiers. Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. The work can be freely shared and adapted provided that appropriate credit is given and any changes specified.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article