Managing Forests for Both Downstream and Downwind Water

• Autores: Creed, Irena F.; Jones, Julia A.; Archer, Emma; Claassen, Marius; Ellison, David; McNulty, Steven G.; van Noordwijk, Meine; Vira, Bhaskar; Wei, Xiaohua; Bishop, Kevin; Blanco, Juan A.; Gush, Mark; Gyawali, Dipak; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Lara, Antonio; Little, Christian; Martin Ortega, Julia; Mukherji, Aditi; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Pol, Paola Ovando; Sullivan, Caroline A.; Xu, Jianchu
• Año de publicación: 2019
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; MITIGATION; POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Forests and trees are key to solving water availability problems in the face of climate change and to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A recent global assessment of forest and water science posed the question: How do forests matter for water? Here we synthesize science from that assessment, which shows that forests and water are an integrated system. We assert that forests, from the tops of their canopies to the base of the soils in which trees are rooted, must be considered a key component in the complex temporal and spatial dimensions of the hydrologic cycle. While it is clear that forests influence both downstream and downwind water availability, their actual impact depends on where they are located and their processes affected by natural and anthropogenic conditions. A holistic approach is needed to manage the connections between forests, water and people in the face of current governance systems that often ignore these connections. We need policy interventions that will lead to forestation strategies that decrease the dangerous rate of loss in forest cover and that—where appropriate—increase the gain in forest cover. We need collective interventions that will integrate transboundary forest and water management to ensure sustainability of water supplies at local, national and continental scales. The United Nations should continue to show leadership by providing forums in which interventions can be discussed, negotiated and monitored, and national governments must collaborate to sustainably manage forests to ensure secure water supplies and equitable and sustainable outcomes.
Fil: Creed, Irena F.. University of Saskatchewan; Canadá
Fil: Jones, Julia A.. State University of Oregon; Estados Unidos
Fil: Archer, Emma. University Of Pretoria; Sudáfrica
Fil: Claassen, Marius. University Of Pretoria; Sudáfrica
Fil: Ellison, David. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Suecia
Fil: McNulty, Steven G.. No especifíca;
Fil: van Noordwijk, Meine. University of Agriculture Wageningen; Países Bajos
Fil: Vira, Bhaskar. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Fil: Wei, Xiaohua. University of British Columbia; Canadá
Fil: Bishop, Kevin. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Suecia
Fil: Blanco, Juan A.. Universidad Publica de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias.; España
Fil: Gush, Mark. Royal Horticultural Society; Reino Unido
Fil: Gyawali, Dipak. Nepal Academy of Science and Technology; Nepal
Fil: Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi"; Argentina
Fil: Lara, Antonio. Universidad Austral de Chile; Chile
Fil: Little, Christian. No especifíca;
Fil: Martin Ortega, Julia. University of Leeds; Reino Unido
Fil: Mukherji, Aditi. International Water Management Institute; India
Fil: Murdiyarso, Daniel. Bogor Agricultural University; Indonesia
Fil: Pol, Paola Ovando. James Hutton Institute; Reino Unido
Fil: Sullivan, Caroline A.. Southern Cross University; Australia
Fil: Xu, Jianchu. Kunming Institute of Botany; China