Resources
Afforestation: Our World In Data – exported deforestation and tree planting
Enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation actions on land in Africa – report
Finding a way forward for Nature-based Solutions in Africa’s grassy ecosystems – policy brief
Global Grassy Group – open ecosystem sampling and database
IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology – classifying ecosystems by function and composition
MapBiomas – loss of open ecosystems in Brazil
References
Buisson, E. et al. (2019). Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands. Biological Reviews, 94(2), pp. 590-609.
Fischer, K. et al. (2019). Carbon-binding biomass or a diversity of useful trees? (Counter) topographies of carbon forestry in Uganda. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 2(1), pp. 178-199.
Hajdu, F. et al. (2016). Questioning the use of ‘degradation’ in climate mitigation: A case study of a forest carbon CDM project in Uganda. Land Use Policy, 59, pp. 412-422.
Hajdu, F. & Fischer, K. (2017). Problems, causes and solutions in the forest carbon discourse: a framework for analysing degradation narratives. Climate and Development, 9(6), pp. 537-547.
Mayfroidt et al. (2022). Ten facts about land systems for sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(7), e2109217118.
Silveira, F.A. et al. (2020). Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration. Restoration Ecology, 28(5), pp.1067-1073.
Stevens, N. et al. (2022). Grassy Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 47.
