The climate around us is changing hour by hour, water scarcity is increasingly felt around the world, and demand for forest resources is growing. In today’s environment, it is important to understand the fundamental relationships between forests, water and climate.
Forests purify water and are important for ensuring water availability and global cooling at the watershed, regional and continental levels.
Forests perform 5 critically important processes that lead to short-term and long-term benefits for water availability and climate:
1. Forests promote precipitation.
2. Trees and forests are natural cooling systems.
3. Forests generate air and moisture flows.
4. Trees and forests can improve the replenishment of groundwater reserves.
5. Forests can regulate the destructive force of floods.
More details on this in the analytical review “Managing Forests for Water Supply and Climate Cooling”:
We also recommend the talk by international biotic regulation expert Anastasia Makarieva at the consultative meeting organized by the EU “Zhashyl Klimat” project for representatives of government bodies, civil society and the education sector ahead of the 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow.
A recording of the talk is available on our YouTube channel:
The “Zhashyl Klimat — Youth Resilience to Climate Change” project is implemented under the general coordination of the Norwegian Society for the Protection of Nature, in partnership with BIOM and GLIP, with the financial support of the European Union.
