Impacts of forest restoration on water yield: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhancing water provision services is a common target in forest restoration projects worldwide due to growing concerns over freshwater scarcity. However, whether or not forest cover expansion or restoration can improve water provision services is still unclear and highly disputed.

Purpose

The goal of this review is to provide a balanced and impartial assessment of the impacts of forest restoration and forest cover expansion on water yields as informed by the scientific literature. Potential sources of bias on the results of papers published are also examined.

Data sources

English, Spanish and Portuguese peer-review articles in Agricola, CAB Abstracts, ISI Web of Science, JSTOR, Google Scholar, and SciELO. Databases were searched through 2015.

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SUBMITTER: Filoso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560669 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature