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Forestry is the study and practice of the cultivation and management of woodland. Forests provide goods and services such as timber, recreation and carbon sequestration.

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News & Views | 31 May 2023

Cocoa’s impact in West Africa
- Thibaud Vantalon
- & Louis Reymondin
Nature Food, 1-2

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01 June 2023 | Open Access

The effectiveness of global protected areas for climate change mitigation

Protected areas are important for climate change mitigation. Here, the authors use satellite data and statistical matching to show that terrestrial protected areas have higher C stocks than non-protected areas, roughly equivalent to one year of annual global fossil fuel emissions.
- L. Duncanson
- , M. Liang
- & A. Zvoleff
Nature Communications 14, 2908
Research
30 May 2023 | Open Access

Soil organic carbon is a key determinant of CH₄ sink in global forest soils

Soil organic carbon has a positive effect on the removal of methane in forest soils. Global forests are found to be larger sinks of methane than previously estimated when the influence of SOC is considered.
- Jaehyun Lee
- , Youmi Oh
- & Hojeong Kang
Nature Communications 14, 3110
Research
25 May 2023 | Open Access

Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration

Two thirds or more of Madagascar’s areas with the highest potential for forest restoration are located where land tenure is unclear or contested, according to a mixed-method analysis of land tenure status data, stakeholder interviews and focus groups with local communities.
- O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo
- , Mirindra Rakotoarisoa
- & Neal Hockley
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 179
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22 May 2023 | Open Access

Cocoa plantations are associated with deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

The exact location and extent of cocoa plantations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s largest producers, remain unknown in spite of their social, economic and environmental relevance. New satellite-based high-resolution maps generated through a deep learning framework link cocoa cultivation with deforestation in protected areas and show that official reports underestimate the total planted area.
- Nikolai Kalischek
- , Nico Lang
- & Jan D. Wegner
Nature Food 4, 384-393
Research
19 May 2023 | Open Access

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Nepal’s forests
- Shiva Khanal
- , Rachael H. Nolan
- & Matthias M. Boer
Scientific Reports 13, 8090
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17 May 2023 | Open Access

All boreal forest successional stages needed to maintain the full suite of soil biodiversity, community composition, and function following wildfire
- Teresita M. Porter
- , Emily Smenderovac
- & Lisa Venier
Scientific Reports 13, 7978

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News & Views | 31 May 2023

Cocoa’s impact in West Africa

A new high-resolution map of cocoa plantations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana allows for large-scale accurate studies of the impact of cocoa cultivation on the landscape and better understanding of priority areas where improvements of cultivation practices are needed.
- Thibaud Vantalon
- & Louis Reymondin
Nature Food, 1-2
News & Views | 26 April 2023

Tree diversity enhances soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration in natural forests

Biodiversity experiments show that a high diversity of plants increases the accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen, but whether such conclusions hold in natural ecosystems is debated. An analysis of Canada’s National Forest Inventory provides strong evidence that the build-up of soil carbon and nitrogen on a decadal timescale increased with improved tree diversity in natural forest ecosystems.

Nature
News & Views | 05 April 2023

Greenhouse-gas effects of land-use change in Indonesian peatlands

Land-use changes alter the exchange of greenhouse gases, but the magnitudes of these effects remain uncertain. Estimates of net greenhouse-gas emissions associated with different uses of tropical peatland in Indonesia — including intact forest and Acacia tree plantations — could inform science-based practices for managing peatlands as nature-based mitigators of climate change.

Nature
News & Views | 01 March 2023

Observed reductions in rainfall due to tropical deforestation

Tropical deforestation affects local and regional precipitation, but the effects are uncertain and have not been determined using observations. Satellite data sets were used to show reductions in precipitation over areas of tropical forest loss, with stronger reductions seen as the deforested area expands.

Nature
Correspondence | 17 January 2023

Smart forest management boosts both carbon storage and bioenergy
- Peter Högberg
- , Tomas Lundmark
- & Pekka E. Kauppi
Nature 613, 437
News & Views | 14 December 2022

An energetic look at the life in logged forests

What are the ecological consequences of logging in a tropical forest? A detailed assessment of vegetation growth, bird and mammal numbers, and energy flows in logged and unlogged forests offers some surprising findings.
- Pieter A. Zuidema
- & Joeri A. Zwerts
Nature 612, 636-637

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Forestry articles from across Nature Portfolio

Featured

Cocoa’s impact in West Africa

Latest Research and Reviews

The effectiveness of global protected areas for climate change mitigation

Soil organic carbon is a key determinant of CH₄ sink in global forest soils

Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration

Cocoa plantations are associated with deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Nepal’s forests

All boreal forest successional stages needed to maintain the full suite of soil biodiversity, community composition, and function following wildfire

News and Comment

Cocoa’s impact in West Africa

Tree diversity enhances soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration in natural forests

Greenhouse-gas effects of land-use change in Indonesian peatlands

Observed reductions in rainfall due to tropical deforestation

Smart forest management boosts both carbon storage and bioenergy

An energetic look at the life in logged forests

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