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Episode #5: When Tree Planting Hurts Ecosystems
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19 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
"Forest restoration" is a common conservation theme, often promoted as a means of repairing degraded landscapes and boosting carbon storage. But when the planting areas are poorly chosen, these initiatives have the potential to eradicate ancient grasslands, with devastating effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Episode #5 of BioScience Talks, Joseph Veldman of Iowa State University describes the millions of acres of grassy biomes currently under threat from forestation and the efforts under way to protect them.
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Read the article by Joseph Veldman and colleagues.
See figure 2 discussed in the podcast.
Subscribe on iTunes.
Subscribe on Stitcher.
Released:
Oct 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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