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澳大利亚环境可持续发展的目标提供新的信息。它有一个强有力的政策管理的必要性，调查需要维护和恢复健康的原生植被覆盖，作为澳大利亚的气候变化减缓和适应战略的一部分。我们之前的研究表明，土地清理导致了气候变化，包括澳大利亚东部更严重和持续的干旱。研究结果的成功实施将提高区域景观的能力，以缓冲温室气体浓度增加导致的更极端的未来气候。

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.