Vegetation Restoration and Sustainable Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 1123
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ecological hydrology; grassland ecology; soil erosion; carbon sequestration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vegetation controls the exchange of carbon, water, momentum and energy between the land and the atmosphere, and provides food, fiber, fuel and other valuable ecosystem services. Vegetation restoration has been widely implemented worldwide as a major means of soil erosion regulation in fragile environments. However, a large proportion of vegetation has been degraded or is degrading due to climate warming and the increasing population. Biodiversity loss, biomass decrease, alien invasive species, and unreasonable land use have further compounded the problem. A major concern related to the vegetation change is how it is sustainably managed. The objective of this Special Issue is to introduce current advances in research on vegetation restoration and sustainable management from conducted experiments and dynamic modeling across multiscale and eco-economic policies on regional ecology, and invite research papers sharing novel ideas, techniques, and findings regarding the subject.
The Special Issue hopes to provide more insight on vegetation restoration and sustainable management by gathering valuable scientific contributions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Vegetation restoration: land use, afforestation, grassland, carbon, degradation, and biodiversity;
- Soil and water conservation: soil and water loss, soil erosion, soil water, water management, water resources, and hydrological processes;
- Ecosystem: ecosystem functions, ecosystem services, ecosystem management, and sustainability of ecosystems;
- Other vegetation restoration and sustainable management processes and policies.
Dr. Yu Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- vegetation restoration
- soil and water conservation
- ecosystem functions
- sustainability of ecosystems
- sustainable management
