Why tree planting on farms is a win for farmers and nature
2024年4月22日 — Each tree is so much more than a tree, playing an important role in building the climate resilience of smallholder farmers by enhancing soil health, contributing to carbon sequestration, and supporting the healthy growth of crops.
Severe decline in large farmland trees in India over the past …
2024年5月15日 — Here we map 0.6 billion farmland trees, excluding block plantations, in India and track them over the past decade. We show that around 11 ± 2% of the large trees (about 96 m 2 crown size)...
cing trees and shrubs on farmland, as well as preserving existing ones, can become one of their main tools to contribute to flood protection, capture and store carbon, diversify landscapes, regenerate soils, prevent water pollution or restore biodiversity.
Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate - Science News
2021年7月14日 — Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate. Agriculture that includes trees boosts food production, stores carbon and saves species. Pine trees line a vineyard in...
Put trees on farms for food security and biodiversity - IUCN
2021年6月28日 — Adding trees to farms and pastures could create a network of corridors, connecting forest fragments and expanding ranges of species. The added value for people comes in the form of food and nutrition security and economic benefits through harvesting fruit trees, selling timber, and providing fodder for livestock.
Trees can make farms more sustainable—here's how to help …
2024年2月8日 — On a large scale, it could help mitigate climate change by storing more carbon in land that can still serve other purposes. Countries can even count trees planted on farmland towards their ...
From wasteland to oasis: Transformative effects of trees on farmland …
2022年7月24日 — The fruit trees literally rooted farmers to their land and changed livelihoods and landscapes: previously, farmers were impoverished and villages abandoned for most of the year, the landscape deserted. Now, the barren wastelands are converted into green assets and villages are transformed into vibrant communities.
Trees can make farms more sustainable - The Conversation
2024年2月7日 — There is a rush globally to plant more trees on farms without considering what farmers will do with the tree in 20 years, or how it may interfere with crop production.
Rewilding abandoned farmland has greater sustainability benefits …
2023年2月8日 — A widely used substitute to abandoned farmlands is afforestation, often via planting stands of single or small sets of non-native and native tree species of forestry interest, as opposed to the...
Trees on smallholder farms and forest restoration are critical for ...
2024年3月2日 — Our work monitors and quantifies progress and impact of landscape restoration projects and outlines a pathway to engage smallholder farmers with a limited number of on-farm trees into the ...