A5080376272- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Plant and animal studies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Rural development and sustainability
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
Conservation Leadership Programme
2023-2024
University of Cambridge
2023-2024
University of Edinburgh
2019-2022
Center for International Forestry Research
2022
University College London
2014-2018
University of Leeds
2011
More than half of all tropical forests are degraded by human impacts, leaving them threatened with conversion to agricultural plantations and risking substantial biodiversity carbon losses. Restoration could accelerate recovery aboveground density (ACD), but adoption restoration is constrained cost uncertainties over effectiveness. We report a long-term comparison ACD rates between naturally regenerating actively restored logged forests. enhanced decadal more 50%, from 2.9 4.4 megagrams per...
• Restoration involved a combination of fire protection and replanting native species. After 18 years regeneration, biomass is 12% that seen in old-growth forest. The planted naturally regenerating stems 70% 30% respectively. 47,000 Mg C has been sequestered the 3200 ha already Kibale. Tree species richness increased by 2 per 0.05 plot between 2005 2013. Vast areas degraded tropical forest, combined with increasing interest mitigating climate change conserving biodiversity, demonstrate...
Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests return ecological function, protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we assess the contribution of tree planting ecosystem restoration in tropical sub-tropical Asia; synthesize evidence on mortality growth planted trees at 176 sites structural biodiversity recovery co-located actively restored naturally regenerating forest plots. Mean was 18% 1 year after planting, increasing 44% 5 years. Mortality varied...
Abstract Background Reliable information about the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests is fundamental for climate change mitigation and maintaining carbon stocks. Recent AGB maps at continental national scales have shown large uncertainties, particularly areas with high values. Errors are linked to quality plot data used calibrate remote sensing products, ability radar map forest. Here we suggest an approach improve accuracy test this a case study Yucatan...
Abstract With the rapidly expanding ecological footprint of agriculture, design farmed landscapes will play an increasingly important role for both carbon storage and biodiversity protection. Carbon can be enhanced by integrating natural habitats into agricultural lands, but a key question is whether benefits are maximized including many small features throughout landscape (‘land‐sharing’ agriculture) or few large contiguous blocks alongside intensive farmland (‘land‐sparing’ agriculture)....
Canopy structure, defined by leaf area index (LAI), fractional vegetation cover (FCover) and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR), regulates a wide range forest functions ecosystem services. Spatially consistent field-measurements canopy structure are however lacking, particularly for the tropics. Here, we introduce Global LAI database: global dataset field-based measurements spanning tropical forests in four continents (Africa, Asia, Australia Americas). We use...
Abstract Peatland pole forest is the most carbon-dense ecosystem in Amazonia, but its spatial distribution and species composition are poorly known. To address this knowledge gap, we quantified variation floristic composition, peat thickness, amount of carbon stored above below ground 102 plots 53 transects northern Peruvian Amazonia. This large dataset includes 571 reference points thickness measurements across six types. These field data were also used to generate a new land-cover...
Abstract Tropical peatlands are among the most carbon-dense terrestrial ecosystems yet recorded. Collectively, they comprise a large but highly uncertain reservoir of global carbon cycle, with wide-ranging estimates their area (441 025–1700 000 km 2 ) and below-ground storage (105–288 Pg C). Substantial gaps remain in our understanding peatland distribution some key regions, including tropical South America. Here we compile 2413 ground reference points around Amazonian use them alongside...
Tropical forests are dynamic ecosystems shaped by deforestation, degradation, and recovery processes, with consequences for the carbon cycle. While emissions from deforestation have been well understood quantified, information on degradation such as fire, logging, windrow drought remain relatively poorly reflecting complexity of these processes in space time. Similarly, potential degraded is understudied compared to secondary regrowing after deforestation. Closing knowledge gaps crucial...
Abstract We assessed the process of carbon (C) accumulation as a consequence forest expansion in abandoned agricultural lands over period 1977–2017 vast (9.4 million ha) area Mediterranean continental environment Central-North Spain. achieved this objective, through obtaining AGC and BGC estimations based on direct field measurements taken 30 plots (25 m × 25 m), extrapolating to landscape using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data from 2018. Using aerial photographs maps, we found...
Forest degradation leads to the gradual reduction of forest carbon stocks, function, and biodiversity following anthropogenic disturbance. Whilst tropical is a widespread problem, it currently very under-studied its magnitude extent are largely unknown. This due, at least in part, lack developed tested methods for monitoring degradation. Due relatively subtle ongoing changes associated with degradation, which can include removal small trees fuelwood or understory clearance agricultural...
Abstract The forest area of China is the fifth largest any country, and unlike in many other countries, recent decades its has been increasing. However, there are substantial differences estimates amount carbon this contains, ranging from 3.92 to 17.02 Pg C for circa 2007. This makes it unclear how changes China’s contribute global cycle. We generate a 2007 aboveground biomass (AGB) map at resolution 50 m using optical, radar LiDAR satellite data. Our total stored was 9.52 C, with an average...
Nature-based solutions (NbS) present a promising approach for protecting biodiversity while meeting ambitious climate targets, but there is growing international concern that they are sometimes linked to significant justice and equity concerns. Current reporting practices often require only superficial descriptions of how projects issues, which challenging verify lack consistency transparency. As result, some fail address critical leading wide range undesirable outcomes on communities. This...