The global potential of forest restoration for drought mitigation

Forest restoration is increasingly applied as a climate change mitigation measure. Apart from sequestering carbon, the large-scale addition of trees on Earth may enhance global precipitation levels. Here we estimate the global precipitation effects of the global forest potential by estimating its ef...

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Main Authors: Obbe A Tuinenburg, Joyce H C Bosmans, Arie Staal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac55b8