Streamside Reforestation: An Analysis of Ecological Benefits and Societal Perceptions

河边重新造林：生态效益和社会认知分析

• 批准号: 9613588
• 负责人: Bernard Sweeney
• 金额: $ 94万
• 依托单位: Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1999-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9613588&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Streamside; Reforestation; Analysis; Ecological; Benefits

9613588 Sweeney Streamside Reforestation: An analysis of ecological benefits and societal perceptions. Streamside forests are recommended as a land use practice to protect aquatic ecosystems by removing inputs of nutrients, sediments, and toxic contaminants. This project views streamside forests as the primary regulator of stream width: small forested streams are wider than meadow reaches. The alteration of stream width that results from deforestation profoundly influences the stream ecosystem, both locally and downstream through effects on habitat and water quality. Policies to restore streamside forests will require both documentation of ecological benefits and an understanding of societal factors affecting their implementation. Objectives are to: (I) understand the relationship between forest buffers, width, and stream ecosystem condition; (ii) develop data bases that can help guide forest restoration policies; and (iii) quantify social and economic issues affecting streamside forest restoration. The ultimate goal is to bring natural and social science components into focus for decision makers.

9613588斯威尼河边重新造林：生态效益和社会观念的分析。 河边森林被推荐作为一种土地利用方式，通过去除营养物、沉积物和有毒污染物的输入来保护水生生态系统。 该项目将河边森林视为河流宽度的主要调节器：森林覆盖的小河流比草地更宽。 森林砍伐导致河流宽度的改变，通过对栖息地和水质的影响，深刻地影响了当地和下游的河流生态系统。恢复河边森林的政策将需要记录生态效益和了解影响其执行的社会因素。 目标是：（I）了解森林缓冲区、宽度和河流生态系统条件之间的关系;（ii）开发数据库，帮助指导森林恢复政策;（iii）量化影响河边森林恢复的社会和经济问题。最终目标是使决策者关注自然科学和社会科学的组成部分。