#biomeawarenessdisparity — Public Fediverse posts
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C4 vegetation covers 17.5% of global land surface. C4 natural grass cover decreased from 2001-2019 (due to elevated CO2) and C4 crop cover increased (because of maize expansion).
C4 photosynthesis accounts for ~19% of global photosynthesis (~3% from C4 crops and ~16% from C4 natural grasses).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45606-3
Planting trees in the name of #reforestation is BAD for #TropicalGrassyBiomes.
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C4 vegetation covers 17.5% of global land surface. C4 natural grass cover decreased from 2001-2019 (due to elevated CO2) and C4 crop cover increased (because of maize expansion).
C4 photosynthesis accounts for ~19% of global photosynthesis (~3% from C4 crops and ~16% from C4 natural grasses).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45606-3
Planting trees in the name of #reforestation is BAD for #TropicalGrassyBiomes.
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C4 vegetation covers 17.5% of global land surface. C4 natural grass cover decreased from 2001-2019 (due to elevated CO2) and C4 crop cover increased (because of maize expansion).
C4 photosynthesis accounts for ~19% of global photosynthesis (~3% from C4 crops and ~16% from C4 natural grasses).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45606-3
Planting trees in the name of #reforestation is BAD for #TropicalGrassyBiomes.
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Forest & Non-forest can't be defined by tree cover alone.
The WRI's Trees Outside Forests Indicator of forest extent is based on defining land that has trees outside forests as "all human-managed urban and agricultural land with tree cover and all other land with greater than zero percent and less than 10 percent tree cover".
The definition misclassifies #TropicalGrassyBiomes that have >10% tree cover as 'forest'.
#BiomeAwarenessDisparity -
Forest & Non-forest can't be defined by tree cover alone.
The WRI's Trees Outside Forests Indicator of forest extent is based on defining land that has trees outside forests as "all human-managed urban and agricultural land with tree cover and all other land with greater than zero percent and less than 10 percent tree cover".
The definition misclassifies #TropicalGrassyBiomes that have >10% tree cover as 'forest'.
#BiomeAwarenessDisparity -
Forest & Non-forest can't be defined by tree cover alone.
The WRI's Trees Outside Forests Indicator of forest extent is based on defining land that has trees outside forests as "all human-managed urban and agricultural land with tree cover and all other land with greater than zero percent and less than 10 percent tree cover".
The definition misclassifies #TropicalGrassyBiomes that have >10% tree cover as 'forest'.
#BiomeAwarenessDisparity -
Forest & Non-forest can't be defined by tree cover alone.
The WRI's Trees Outside Forests Indicator of forest extent is based on defining land that has trees outside forests as "all human-managed urban and agricultural land with tree cover and all other land with greater than zero percent and less than 10 percent tree cover".
The definition misclassifies #TropicalGrassyBiomes that have >10% tree cover as 'forest'.
#BiomeAwarenessDisparity -
Forest & Non-forest can't be defined by tree cover alone.
The WRI's Trees Outside Forests Indicator of forest extent is based on defining land that has trees outside forests as "all human-managed urban and agricultural land with tree cover and all other land with greater than zero percent and less than 10 percent tree cover".
The definition misclassifies #TropicalGrassyBiomes that have >10% tree cover as 'forest'.
#BiomeAwarenessDisparity