Forest restoration aims to increase forest cover, structure, function, and/or species
composition, and it influences hydrology through the partitioning of precipitation into …

Carbon budget accounting relies heavily on Food and Agriculture Organization land-use
data reported by governments. Here we develop a new land-use and cover-change …

As a nature‐based and cost‐effective solution, forestation plays a crucial role in combating
global warming, biodiversity collapse, environmental degradation, and global well‐being …

Carbon sequestration and water conservation are two of the key ecosystem services that
forests provide for societal need to address environmental issues. Optimization of the dual …

Vegetation restoration serves as a long-term and important strategic initiative in ecologically-
fragile locations worldwide, while the ecological effects of long-term vegetation restoration …

Afforestation is widely acknowledged as an effective approach for enhancing ecological
conditions. Considering the challenging ecological environment on the Loess Plateau …

With the proposal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets, China has made great
efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The latest and most competitive carbon emission data …

Recent national wide afforestation in China are playing an increasingly significant role in the
global greening trend and CO 2 mitigation. However, the long term knowledge of …

To evaluate the impact of stand age on the ecosystem's C budget, as well as the post-
harvest recovery of the C storages and fluxes, a chronosequence of Scots pine stands from …

Forest age serves as an essential factor in determining the accuracy of historical and future
carbon (C) uptake quantifications, which is especially critical for China since the forest C …