Forest management can mitigate negative impacts of climate and land-use change on plant biodiversity: Insights from the Republic of Korea

Choi, Yuyoung; Lim, Chul-Hee; Chung, Hye In; Kim, Yoonji; Cho, Hyo Jin; Hwang, Jinho; Kraxner, Florian; Biging, Gregory S.; Lee, Woo‐Kyun; Chon, Jinhyung

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112400

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“…A negative correlation was observed between LST and the vegetation below 1000 m, where forest restoration was performed, and the highest correlation was observed at 600-800 m (R = −0.322) (Table 2). This is consistent with the fact that the mid-mountainous areas that had been devastated were recently restored through reforestation [45,46]. The significance of this relationship even below 400 m is thought to be influenced by the restoration of low mountain areas around farmlands and urban areas, including Pyongyang.…”

Section: Vegetation Dynamics On Deforestation and Afforestation Periodsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…On the other hand, during the forest restoration period, the increase in vegetation greenness was significantly higher than that of restored forest areas investigated until recently [16]. This was likely caused by an increase in vegetation greenness due to global warming, which is prominent in the mid-latitude region, as well as an increase in the age of existing trees [21,46].…”

Section: Implications and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

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Understanding the Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics of North Korea and Their Impact on the Thermal Environment

Lim

Yeo

2022

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In response to widespread deforestation, North Korea has restored forests through national policy over the past 10 years. Here, the entire process of forest degradation and restoration was evaluated through satellite-based vegetation monitoring, and its effects were also investigated. The vegetation dynamics of North Korea were characterized from 1986 to 2021 using the Landsat satellite 5–7, after which we evaluated the effect of vegetation shifts through changes in surface temperature since the 2000s. Vegetation greenness decreased significantly from the 1980s to the 2000s but increased in recent decades due to forest restoration. During the deforestation period, vegetation in all areas of North Korea tended to decrease, which was particularly noticeable in the provinces of Pyongannam-do and Hamgyongnam-do. During the forest restoration period, increases in vegetation greenness were evident in most regions except for some high-mountainous and developing regions, and the most prominent increase was seen in Pyongyang and Pyongannam-do. According to satellite-based analyses, the land surface temperature exhibited a clear upward trend (average slope = 0.13). However, large regional differences were identified when the analysis was shortened to encompass only the last 10 years. Particularly, the correlation between the area where vegetation improved and the area where the surface temperature decreased was high (−0.32). Moreover, the observed atmospheric temperature increased due to global warming, but only the surface temperature exhibited a decreasing trend, which could be understood by the effect of vegetation restoration. Our results suggest that forest restoration can affect various sectors beyond the thermal environment due to its role as an enhancer of ecosystem services.

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Section: Vegetation Dynamics On Deforestation and Afforestation Periodsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Implications and Limitationsmentioning

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Understanding the Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics of North Korea and Their Impact on the Thermal Environment

Lim

Yeo

2022

Forests

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“…At the same time, the government has paid great attention to the ecological protection of these areas, and as a result, they have a high habitat quality. The increase in ecological land, such as woodland and water, can offset the negative effects of urbanization [50].…”

Section: Analysis Of the Causes Of Changes In Habitat Qualitymentioning

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Assessment and Estimation of the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Landscape Patterns and Their Impact on Habitat Quality in Nanchang, China

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Zhang

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Assessing and predicting the evolution of habitat quality based on land use change under the process of urbanization is important for establishing a comprehensive ecological planning system and addressing the major challenges of global sustainable development. Here, two different prediction models were used to simulate the land use changes in 2025 based on the land use distribution data of Nanchang city in three periods and integrated into the habitat quality assessment model to specifically evaluate the trends and characteristics of future habitat quality changes, explore the impact of landscape pattern evolution on habitat, and analyze the differences and advantages of the two prediction models. The results show that the overall habitat quality in Nanchang declined significantly during the period 1995–2015. Habitat degradation near cities and in various watersheds is relatively significant. During the period 2015–2025, the landscape pattern and habitat quality of Nanchang will continue to maintain the trend of changes observed between 1995 and 2015, i.e., increasing construction land and decreasing habitat quality, with high pressure on ecological restoration. This study also identified that CA-Markov simulates the quantity of land use better, while FLUS simulates the spatial pattern of land use better. Overall, this study provides a reference for exploring the complex dynamic evolution mechanism of habitats.

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“…On the other hand, several studies present alarming data on climate change on dynamic and forest structure, like biodiversity loss, impact on providing ecosystem services increasing re risk, drought, and non-native plant invasion (Foster 2001; Rodrigues et al 2015; Scarano and Ceotto 2015; Martins et al 2020;Cui et al 2021). However, climate change presents a signi cant challenge for the current economic model with a high population growth rate and intense natural resources pressing (Medeiros et al, 2020).This challenge becomes more involved in economic activities dependent on climate conditions like planted forests, and the role that planted forests can play in the future the mitigate the effect of climate change (Choi et al 2021).…”

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Combining pedological information with bioclimatic scenarios for evaluating the effect of climate change on the modelled distribution of forest species: case of study Apuleia leiocarpa

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Beniaich

Freire

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Sustainable wood production is one of the current challenges due to the increasing demand for wood worldwide. Despite, forest planting has proved to be a good solution; the high wood productivity can be achieved only under favorable bioclimatic conditions, which makes this study of great value for government policies. This study aimed to assess the impact of climate on the distribution of Apuleia leiocarpa in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Species Distribution Models (SDMs) were performed using the MaxEnt model-based on-field survey of A. leiocarpa (n = 54). Pedological and bioclimatic data were used to identify suitable areas and climate change effects on the distribution of this species. Ours results have shown that the MaxEnt presented a good performance in modelling the distribution of the A. leiocarpa. The temperature was the main controlling variable of the distribution of this species. The pedological models overestimated of the suitable area. Despite that, the results provide useful information to be considered in the future in order to refine the selection of variables for a better characterization of the ecological niche. Regarding the projection of the future A. leiocarpa distribution, there was found an alarming scenario, which it must be taken into the consideration for the local authorities in order to establish a successful species-replanting program.

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Forest management can mitigate negative impacts of climate and land-use change on plant biodiversity: Insights from the Republic of Korea

Cited by 25 publications

References 47 publications

Understanding the Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics of North Korea and Their Impact on the Thermal Environment

Understanding the Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics of North Korea and Their Impact on the Thermal Environment

Assessment and Estimation of the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Landscape Patterns and Their Impact on Habitat Quality in Nanchang, China

Combining pedological information with bioclimatic scenarios for evaluating the effect of climate change on the modelled distribution of forest species: case of study Apuleia leiocarpa

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