Conflation of reforestation with restoration is widespread Across Africa, vast areas of nonforest are threatened by inappropriate restoration in the form of tree planting
成果类型：
Editorial Material
署名作者：
Parr, Catherine L.; te Beest, Mariska; Stevens, Nicola
署名单位：
University of Liverpool; University of Pretoria; University of Witwatersrand; Utrecht University; Nelson Mandela University; National Research Foundation - South Africa; South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON); University of Oxford
刊物名称：
SCIENCE
ISSN/ISSBN：
0036-12261
DOI：
10.1126/science.adj0899
发表日期：
2024-02-16
页码：
698-701
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摘要：
The Bonn Challenge was launched by the German government and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2011 with the goal of restoring 350 million ha of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. Although there is acknowledgment that forest landscape restoration (FLR) promoting tree planting should not cause the loss or conversion of open, nonforested ecosystems (i.e., they should not be afforested) (1), concerns have been raised that the focus on tree-based restoration combined with misclassification of grassy ecosystems could lead to misplaced restoration and destruction of intact, ancient ecosystems (2). Yet, the potential scale of the issue, or whether concerns are playing out in practice, are unknown. To understand the potential scale of tree planting in savannas and grasslands, we examined restoration pledges under the African Forest Restoration Initiative (AFR100) and on-the-ground projects, finding that tree planting is widespread across nonforest systems.