William J. Bond

Oct 14, 2023 | cell.com | Nicola Stevens |William J. Bond |Cape Town

Tree planting as a nature-based solutionTree planting has been widely advocated as a nature-based solution (NBS) to global warming [1. The global tree restoration potential. ]. Large areas of open (nonforested) ecosystems have been identified as suitable for tree planting as they have the greatest potential for increasing aboveground biomass [1. The global tree restoration potential. ] (see [2. The trouble with trees: afforestation plans for Africa.

Jul 27, 2023 | nature.com | Yong Zhou |Barbara Bomfim |William J. Bond |Corli Coetsee |Andrew Davies |Edmund C. February

AbstractTropical savannas have been increasingly targeted for carbon sequestration by afforestation, assuming large gains in soil organic carbon (SOC) with increasing tree cover. Because savanna SOC is also derived from grasses, this assumption may not reflect real changes in SOC under afforestation. However, the exact contribution of grasses to SOC and the changes in SOC with increasing tree cover remain poorly understood.