descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 05 Jul 2019 English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 365, pages 76-79 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

Authors: Jean-Francois Bastin; Yelena Finegold; Claude Garcia; Danilo Mollicone; Marcelo Rezende; Devin Routh; Constantin M. Zohner; +1 Authors

doi: 10.1126/science.aax0848

pmid: 31273120

handle: 2268/288285

The global tree restoration potential

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The potential for global forest cover The restoration of forested land at a global scale could help capture atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. Bastin et al. used direct measurements of forest cover to generate a model of forest restoration potential across the globe (see the Perspective by Chazdon and Brancalion). Their spatially explicit maps show how much additional tree cover could exist outside of existing forests and agricultural and urban land. Ecosystems could support an additional 0.9 billion hectares of continuous forest. This would represent a greater than 25% increase in forested area, including more than 200 gigatonnes of additional carbon at maturity.Such a change has the potential to store an equivalent of 25% of the current atmospheric carbon pool. Science , this issue p. 76 ; see also p. 24

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1374571087594, P40 - Météorologie et climatologie, Sciences de l’environnement & écologie, Climate Change, Trees, [SDU.STU.CL] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology, [SHS.ENVIR] Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies, Environmental sciences & ecology, [SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13802, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666, reconstitution forestière, atténuation des effets du changement climatique, Environmental Restoration and Remediation, changement climatique, [SDU.STU.ME] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology, Life sciences, K10 - Production forestière, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, [SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, [SDV.EE.BIO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Bioclimatology, Sciences du vivant, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, [SDV.SA.SF] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture, forestry, [SDV.BID] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity

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