Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation

Mingfang Zhang; Shirong Liu; Julia Jones; Ge Sun; Xiaohua Wei; David Ellison; Emma Archer; Steve McNulty; Heidi Asbjornsen; Zhiqiang Zhang; Yusuf Serengil; Meinan Zhang; Zhen Yu; Qiang Li; Junwei Luan; Ibrahim Yurtseven; Yiping Hou; Shiyu Deng; Zipei Liu

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120545

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Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation

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Authors:

Mingfang Zhang, Shirong Liu, Julia Jones, Ge Sun, Xiaohua Wei, David Ellison, Emma Archer, Steve McNulty, Heidi Asbjornsen, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yusuf Serengil, Meinan Zhang, Zhen Yu, Qiang Li, Junwei Luan, Ibrahim Yurtseven, Yiping Hou, Shiyu Deng, Zipei Liu

Year:

2022

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120545

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management

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Abstract

In August 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) established an expert group from the forestry and water sectors to identify common ground, and to enhance the attention to the important role played by the forest-water nexus in securing resilient landscapes. The expert group, the Forest-Water Champions (FWC), meets annually to build on its convergence of perspectives and ideas and to implement them through engagement in international processes. Forests and water are inextricably linked through their multiple functions, including regulation of basin flow, reduction of flooding and droughts, or impact on water yield or quality, as well as climate regulation through carbon sequestration and securing of carbon sinks. The complexity of the highly contextual forestwater relationships requires management decisions that are based on science and an understanding of these relationships at different temporal and spatial scales, as well as changing climate and land-use contexts. There are still knowledge gaps regarding the factors that regulate the multiple functions of the forestwater nexus, their interactions, and ultimately their effects on those that rely on them for water. At its meeting in August 2019 in connection with World Water Week (WWW), the FWC focused on the role of the forest-water nexus in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Below, our main recommendations are presented together with supporting evidence from forestwater initiatives, tools, and approaches used around the world.

Citation

Zhang, Mingfang; Liu, Shirong; Jones, Julia; Sun, Ge; Wei, Xiaohua; Ellison, David; Archer, Emma; McNulty, Steve; Asbjornsen, Heidi; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Serengil, Yusuf; Zhang, Meinan; Yu, Zhen; Li, Qiang; Luan, Junwei; Yurtseven, Ibrahim; Hou, Yiping; Deng, Shiyu; Liu, Zipei. 2022. Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation. Forest Ecology and Management. 525(26): 120545-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120545.