Knowra Afforestation Afforestation Afforestation is the establishment of forest on land that has not been forested for a long time. It can occur through deliberate planting or natural regeneration.
Forest regeneration : The renewal of forest through natural seeding, sprouting, or deliberate planting. Natural regeneration can establish forest without planting trees.
Carbon sequestration : The capture and long-term storage of carbon from the atmosphere or other sources. Growing forests can remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and store it in biomass and soils.
Forest hydrology : The study of how forests influence water movement, storage, and quality. New forests can change interception, infiltration, and streamflow.
Reforestation : The re-establishment of forest on land that was recently forested. Unlike afforestation, reforestation restores forest where it existed in the recent past.
Forest carbon permanence : The durability of carbon stored in forests against reversal through fire, harvest, disease, or land-use change. Stored carbon may return to the atmosphere if new forests are later lost.
Ecological succession : The change in species composition and ecosystem structure over time. Succession describes how vegetation develops toward forest on suitable land.
Land restoration : The process of recovering ecological function and productivity in degraded or damaged land. Afforestation is one possible intervention in broader restoration efforts.
Habitat fragmentation : The division of continuous habitat into smaller, isolated patches. Planting trees in open ecosystems can fragment habitats adapted to grassland or heath.
Deforestation : The conversion of forest to non-forest land use. Deforestation removes forest, the opposite land-cover change from afforestation.
Carbon leakage : An increase in emissions outside a project boundary caused by the project itself. Restricting land for trees can shift farming or timber production elsewhere.
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