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2021 -22 NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting & Silver Jubilee Celebration

Vast tropical tree farms push into biodiversity hotspots

Vast tropical tree farms push into biodiversity hotspots

Submitted by meghavi on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 07:01

Much of the tree growth in the tropics in the first decade of the century consists of plantations — not natural forest. The LCLUC project findings by PI Nick Magliocca, Co-I Mathew Fagan and team got featured in Nature's Research Highlights.

Commercial tree plantations make up a much larger share of the increase in tree cover in the tropics between 2000 and 2012 than national data would indicate1.

Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated

Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated

Submitted by meghavi on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 06:38

Recent publication on pantropical plantation expansion by LCLUCer Mathew Fagan got Media coverage in Mongabay.

Highlights

Fan, P., Yue, W., Zhang, J., Huang, H., Messina, J., Verburg, P. H., Qi, J., Moore, N., & Ge, J. (2020). The spatial restructuring and determinants of industrial landscape in a mega city under rapid urbanization. Habitat International, 95, 102099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.102099

Submitted by meghavi on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 20:16

Hersperger, A. M., Grădinaru, S. R., Daunt, A. B. P., Imhof, C. S., & Fan, P. (2021). Landscape ecological concepts in planning: review of recent developments. Landscape Ecology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01193-y

Submitted by meghavi on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 20:15

Chen, J., Park, H., Fan, P., Tian, L., Ouyang, Z., & Lafortezza, R. (2021). Cultural Landmarks and Urban Landscapes in Three Contrasting Societies. Sustainability, 13(8), 4295. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084295

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Zhang, J., Yue, W., Fan, P., & Gao, J. (2021). Measuring the accessibility of public green spaces in urban areas using web map services. Applied Geography, 126, 102381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102381

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Hu, C. P., Hu, T. S., Fan, P., & Lin, H. P. (2021). The urban blight costs in Taiwan. Sustainability, 13(1), 113. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010113

Submitted by meghavi on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 20:07

Wang, Y., Chang, Q., & Fan, P. (2021). A framework to integrate multifunctionality analyses into green infrastructure planning. Landscape Ecology, 36(7), 1951-1969. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01058-w.

Submitted by meghavi on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 20:06

Yue, W., Chen, Y., Thy, P. T. M., Fan, P., Liu, Y., & Zhang, W. (2021). Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of developing countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai. Sustainable Cities and Society, 65, 102609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102609

Submitted by meghavi on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 20:03