Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions

RL Chazdon, D Lindenmayer… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert
to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally …

Key gaps in soil monitoring during forest restoration in Colombia

SE Lozano‐Baez, Y Domínguez‐Haydar… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The knowledge of soil indicators during forest restoration is essential for understanding the
recovery of ecosystem functions such as biomass production and water regulation. Despite …

Rapid and accurate measurement methods for determining soil hydraulic properties: A review

M Castellini, S Di Prima, D Moret-Fernández… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2021 - sciendo.com
The determination of soil hydraulic properties is important in several environmental sciences
but may be expensive and time consuming. Therefore, during the last decades, a great effort …

Long‐term active restoration of extremely degraded alpine grassland accelerated turnover and increased stability of soil carbon

Y Bai, L Ma, AA Degen, MK Rafiq… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soil nutrient contents and organic carbon (C) stability are key indicators for restoration of
degraded grassland. However, the effects of long‐term active restoration of extremely …

Hydrodynamic response of a loam soil after wetting with different methods

M Agosta, V Alagna, V Bagarello, G Caltabellotta… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Different points in a field can be wetted with different natural or artificial rainfall amounts and
intensities. Therefore, a non-uniform soil wetting could occur during short-term monitoring of …

Shedding light on the complex relationship between forest restoration and water services

V Dib, PHS Brancalion, S Chan Chou… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although native vegetation is a determinant of aquatic ecosystems' maintenance, forest
restoration has been linked to decreases in water yields worldwide. Here, we clarify linkages …

Assessing water infiltration and soil water repellency in Brazilian Atlantic forest soils

SE Lozano-Baez, M Cooper, SF de Barros Ferraz… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study presents the results of the soil hydraulic characterization performed under three
land covers, namely pasture, 9-year-old restored forest, and remnant forest, in the Brazilian …

Effects of land uses on soil quality indicators: The case of Geshy subcatchment, Gojeb River Catchment, Ethiopia

M Dagnachew, A Moges… - Applied and Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation caused by improper land use management is a critical worldwide problem
that has revived the issue of resources sustainability. Soil degradation, which involves …

On the unique value of forests for water: Hydrologic impacts of forest disturbances, conversion, and restoration

P Meli, D Ellison, SFB Ferraz, S Filoso… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We need empirical evidence on the impacts of land‐use change on hydrological processes
to guide policies and land management decisions. Based on a global meta‐analysis of 287 …

Lessons learned from the water producer project in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

RAG Viani, H Bracale, D Taffarello - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is a powerful strategy for large-scale tropical forest
recovery, and payment for ecosystem services (PES) is used to support FLR programs and …