Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for cross posting. We are organizing a special issue titled
"Afforestation and Reforestation: Drivers, Dynamics, and Impacts" in
/Forests/. It is now open for submission:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/afforestation_reforestation.
Afforestation/Reforestation (or Forestation) has been implemented
worldwide as an effective measure to sustain ecosystem services and
address global environmental problems such as climate change. The
conversion of grasslands, croplands, shrublands, or bare lands to
forests can dramatically alter forest water, energy, and carbon cycles,
and, thus, ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration, soil erosion
control, and water quality improvement). Large-scale
afforestation/reforestation is typically driven by policies, and in turn
can have substantial socioeconomic impacts as well. To be successful,
forestation endeavors require novel approaches that involve a series of
complex processes and interdisciplinary sciences. For example, exotic or
fast growing tree species are often used to improve soil conditions of
degraded lands or maximize productivity, and it often takes a long time
to understand and quantify the consequences of such practices at
watershed or regional scales. Maintaining the sustainability of man-made
forests is increasingly challenging under a changing environment and
disturbance regime change such as wildland fires, urbanization, drought,
air pollution, climate change, and socioeconomic change. Therefore, this
Special Issue focuses on case studies on the drivers, dynamics, and
impacts of afforestation/reforestation at regional, national, or global
scales. These new studies bring an update on science advances related to
forestation. The information is urgently needed by land managers and
policy makers to better manage forest resources under a rapidly changing
environment today.
This Special Issue invites submissions based on field experiments,
remote sensing, modelling, syntheses and reviews, as well as new
technology used in forestation monitoring and assessment. Suggested
topics are:
1. Monitoring and detecting the rates and extent of
afforestation/reforestation
2. Quantifying impacts of afforestation/reforestation on ecosystem
services (e.g., carbon sequestration, water supply, soil
conservation, micrometeorology, biodiversity)
3. Impacts of afforestation/reforestation on regional and global climate
4. Human dimensions of afforestation and reforestation (e.g., policies,
governance, and socioeconomic impacts)
5. Innovative management approaches (e.g., prescribed fires, thinning)
to sustain ecosystem services of man-made forests under a changing
environment.
*Manuscript Submission Information*
Manuscripts should be submitted online atwww.mdpi.com
<http://www.mdpi.com/>byregistering
<http://www.mdpi.com/user/register/>andlogging in to this website
<http://www.mdpi.com/user/login/>. Once you are registered,click here to
go to the submission form
<http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=forests>.
Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be
peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the
journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special
issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short
communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short
abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for
announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be
under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a
single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant
information for submission of manuscripts is available on
theInstructions for Authors
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/instructions>page./Forests/
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Please feel free to let one of us know if you have any questions.
/*Guest editors*:/
Dr. Ge Sun ([email protected])
Dr. Jingfeng Xiao ([email protected])
Dr. Lu Hao ([email protected])
Dr. Gang Dong ([email protected])
Dr. Zhiqiang Zhang ([email protected])//
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Jingfeng Xiao, PhD
Earth Systems Research Center
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
University of New Hampshire
449 Morse Hall, 8 College Road
Durham, NH 03824
Email:[email protected]
http://globalecology.unh.edu
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