Hydrological implications of large-scale afforestation in tropical biomes for climate change mitigation.

ABSTRACT: Rising interest in large-scale afforestation and reforestation as a strategy for climate change mitigation has recently motivated research efforts aiming at the identification of areas suitable for the plantation of trees. An often-overlooked aspect of agroforestry projects for carbon sequestration is their impact on water resources. It is often unclear to what extent the establishment of forest vegetation would be limited by water availability, whether it would engender competition with other local water uses or induce water scarcity. Here we use global water models to study the hydrologic constraints and impacts of afforestation in tropical biomes. We find that 36% of total suitable and available afforestation areas are in areas where the rain alone can meet just up to the 40% of total p

SUBMITTER: Ricciardi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234809 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature