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187. Uneven Impact of Climate Change – The Human-environment Interactions and Vegetation-rainfall Sensitivity in Tropical Drylands

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A paper published in Nature Sustainability analyzed the vegetation trends across the planet’s driest areas using satellite imagery and found that vegetation regeneration is not commensurate with precipitation in developing countries in Asia and Africa. To avoid the negative impacts, it is important to take immediate mitigation measures through an understanding of the relationship between vegetation-rainfall sensitivity and associated drivers in tropical drylands.

In collaboration with local partners, JIRCAS has been developing soil protection technology that can contribute to regeneration of vegetation in tropical drylands in developing countries.

The full article is available at:

Christin Abel et al. The human–environment nexus and vegetation–rainfall sensitivity in tropical drylands, Nature Sustainability (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00597-z

 

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)

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