Impact of reforestation on the mitigation of climate extremes in eastern Australia resulting from global warming

该项目将为气候变化政策的制定和环境可持续发展澳大利亚的目标提供新的信息。作为澳大利亚气候变化缓解和适应战略的一部分，它有很强的政策管理必要性，调查维持和恢复健康的本土植被覆盖的必要性。我们之前的研究表明，土地开垦导致了澳大利亚东部的气候变化，包括更严重和持续的干旱。研究成果的成功实施将提高区域景观缓冲未来因温室气体浓度增加而导致的更极端气候的能力。

This project will provide new information for climate change policy development and the goal of an Environmentally Sustainable Australia. It has a strong policy-management imperative, investigating the need for the maintenance and restoration of healthy native vegetation cover as part of Australia’s climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Our previous research has shown that land clearing has contributed to climate change, including more severe and persisting droughts, in eastern Australia. Successful implementation of the research findings will lead to an increased ability of regional landscapes to buffer against a more extreme future climate driven by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases.