Afforestation has the potential to offset the increased emission of atmospheric carbon dioxide and has therefore been proposed as a strategy to mitigate climate change. Here we review the opportunities for carbon (C) offsets through open lichen woodland afforestation in the boreal forest of...

Affected by human activities, land use and land cover has changed in Daqinghe watershed, China, which resulted in varied runoff. In many hydrological stations, there was a decreasing trend of flood volume and flood peak, but no trend of rainfall depth. In order to quantify the effect of land use...