Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from 'tree planting' to 'restore native vegetation'
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Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from 'tree planting' to 'restore native vegetation'. / Tölgyesi, Csaba; Buisson, Elise; Helm, Aveliina et al.
In: Restoration Ecology, Vol. 30, No. 3, e13594, 01.03.2022.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from 'tree planting' to 'restore native vegetation'
AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba
AU - Buisson, Elise
AU - Helm, Aveliina
AU - Temperton, Vicky
AU - Török, Péter
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Society for Ecological Restoration.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - The prevailing nature-based solution to tackle climate change is tree planting. However, there is growing evidence that it has serious contraindications in many regions. The main shortcoming of global tree planting is its awareness disparity to alternative ecosystem types, mainly grasslands. Grasslands, where they constitute the natural vegetation, may support higher biodiversity and a safer, soil-locked carbon stock than plantations and other forests. We suggest replacing “tree planting” by “restore native vegetation.” This improved action terminology reduces the risks of inappropriate afforestation and, by diversifying target ecosystem types, does not reduce but increases potential land area for nature-based climate mitigation.
AB - The prevailing nature-based solution to tackle climate change is tree planting. However, there is growing evidence that it has serious contraindications in many regions. The main shortcoming of global tree planting is its awareness disparity to alternative ecosystem types, mainly grasslands. Grasslands, where they constitute the natural vegetation, may support higher biodiversity and a safer, soil-locked carbon stock than plantations and other forests. We suggest replacing “tree planting” by “restore native vegetation.” This improved action terminology reduces the risks of inappropriate afforestation and, by diversifying target ecosystem types, does not reduce but increases potential land area for nature-based climate mitigation.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - afforestation
KW - biodiversity loss
KW - climate mitigation
KW - EU Biodiversity Strategy
KW - forest restoration
KW - grassland restoration
KW - tree planting
KW - Bonn Challenge
KW - Trillion trees
KW - afforestation
KW - biodiversity loss
KW - Bonn Challenge
KW - climate mitigation
KW - EU Biodiversity Strategy
KW - forest restoration
KW - grassland restoration
KW - tree planting
KW - Trillion Trees
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U2 - 10.1111/rec.13594
DO - 10.1111/rec.13594
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 30
JO - Restoration Ecology
JF - Restoration Ecology
SN - 1061-2971
IS - 3
M1 - e13594
ER -