Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change
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Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change. / Lyons, Kelly G.; Török, Péter; Hermann, Julia-Maria et al.
in: Global Ecology and Conservation, Jahrgang 46, e02612, 01.10.2023.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change
AU - Lyons, Kelly G.
AU - Török, Péter
AU - Hermann, Julia-Maria
AU - Kiehl, Kathrin
AU - Kirmer, Anita
AU - Kollmann, Johannes
AU - Overbeck, Gerhard E.
AU - Tischew, Sabine
AU - Allen, Edith B.
AU - Bakker, Jonathan D.
AU - Brigham, Christy
AU - Buisson, Elise
AU - Crawford, Kerri
AU - Dunwiddie, Peter
AU - Firn, Jennifer
AU - Grobert, Devin
AU - Hickman, Karen
AU - Stradic, Soizig LE
AU - Temperton, Vicky M.
N1 - Funding Information: We are grateful to Trinity University students Ernest “Michael” Leonard and Sean Cassingham for their work formatting and submitting an earlier draft of the manuscript and to Mariana de Melo Siqueira for designing Fig. 1. We also appreciated the feedback for improvements provided by Brandon Bestelmeyer, Matt McCaw, and Lars Brudvig to an earlier draft of the manuscript. PT was supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Momentum Program, by the Hungarian Research Found (NKFIH K 137573 and KKP 144068) during manuscript preparation. KGL supported by USDA NRCS NCAT Soil for Water Grant (NR203A750001C025) during manuscript preparation. GEO is funded by the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq grant 310345/2018-9). KMC was supported by the National Science Foundation (#1754287). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing effective multifunctional grassland restoration to restore biodiversity concomitant with above- and belowground carbon sequestration, delivery of carbon credits and/or integration with land dedicated to solar panels. Other common multifunctional restoration considerations include improved forage value, erosion control, water management, pollinator services, and wildlife habitat provisioning. In addition, many grasslands are global biodiversity hotspots. Nonetheless, relative to their impact, and as compared to forests, the importance of preservation, conservation, and restoration of grasslands has been widely overlooked due to their subtle physiognomy and underappreciated contributions to human and planetary well-being. Ultimately, the global success of carbon sequestration will depend on more complete and effective grassland ecosystem restoration. In this review, supported by examples from across the Western world, we call for more strenuous and unified development of best practices for grassland restoration in three areas of concern: initial site conditions and site preparation; implementation of restoration measures and management; and social context and sustainability. For each area, we identify the primary challenges to grassland restoration and highlight case studies with proven results to derive successful and generalizable solutions.
AB - Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing effective multifunctional grassland restoration to restore biodiversity concomitant with above- and belowground carbon sequestration, delivery of carbon credits and/or integration with land dedicated to solar panels. Other common multifunctional restoration considerations include improved forage value, erosion control, water management, pollinator services, and wildlife habitat provisioning. In addition, many grasslands are global biodiversity hotspots. Nonetheless, relative to their impact, and as compared to forests, the importance of preservation, conservation, and restoration of grasslands has been widely overlooked due to their subtle physiognomy and underappreciated contributions to human and planetary well-being. Ultimately, the global success of carbon sequestration will depend on more complete and effective grassland ecosystem restoration. In this review, supported by examples from across the Western world, we call for more strenuous and unified development of best practices for grassland restoration in three areas of concern: initial site conditions and site preparation; implementation of restoration measures and management; and social context and sustainability. For each area, we identify the primary challenges to grassland restoration and highlight case studies with proven results to derive successful and generalizable solutions.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - carbon sequestration
KW - climate adaptation
KW - plant materials
KW - soils
KW - Biology
KW - target species
KW - landscape multifunctionality
KW - Environmental Governance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02612
DO - 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02612
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 46
JO - Global Ecology and Conservation
JF - Global Ecology and Conservation
SN - 2351-9894
M1 - e02612
ER -