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Lanhui Wang

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Rewilding abandoned farmland has greater sustainability benefits than afforestation

Author

  • Lanhui Wang
  • Pil Birkefeldt Møller Pedersen
  • Jens Christian Svenning

Summary, in English

Expansive farmlands in Europe and elsewhere are either already abandoned or projected to become abandoned. Afforestation on these abandoned farmlands is highly popular, but it only addresses the climate crisis, not the biodiversity emergency. An alternative to afforestation is rewilding, which would contribute to combating both the biodiversity and climate crises while also facilitating socio-ecological sustainability by increasing ecosystem resilience.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Publication/Series

NPJ Biodiversity

Volume

2

Document type

Debate/Note/Editorial

Publisher

Springer Nature

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2731-4243