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Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions

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  • Akira S. Mori

    (Yokohama National University, Hodogaya)

  • Laura E. Dee

    (University of Colorado)

  • Andrew Gonzalez

    (McGill University)

  • Haruka Ohashi

    (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization)

  • Jane Cowles

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Alexandra J. Wright

    (California State University Los Angeles)

  • Michel Loreau

    (Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS)

  • Yann Hautier

    (Utrecht University)

  • Tim Newbold

    (University College London)

  • Peter B. Reich

    (University of Minnesota
    Western Sydney University)

  • Tetsuya Matsui

    (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization)

  • Wataru Takeuchi

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Kei-ichi Okada

    (Yokohama National University, Hodogaya
    Tokyo University of Agriculture)

  • Rupert Seidl

    (Technical University of Munich
    Berchtesgaden National Park)

  • Forest Isbell

    (University of Minnesota)

Abstract

The global impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change are interlinked, but the feedbacks between them are rarely assessed. Areas with greater tree diversity tend to be more productive, providing a greater carbon sink, and biodiversity loss could reduce these natural carbon sinks. Here, we quantify how tree and shrub species richness could affect biomass production on biome, national and regional scales. We find that GHG mitigation could help maintain tree diversity and thereby avoid a 9–39% reduction in terrestrial primary productivity across different biomes, which could otherwise occur over the next 50 years. Countries that will incur the greatest economic damages from climate change stand to benefit the most from conservation of tree diversity and primary productivity, which contribute to climate change mitigation. Our results emphasize an opportunity for a triple win for climate, biodiversity and society, and highlight that these co-benefits should be the focus of reforestation programmes.

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  • Akira S. Mori & Laura E. Dee & Andrew Gonzalez & Haruka Ohashi & Jane Cowles & Alexandra J. Wright & Michel Loreau & Yann Hautier & Tim Newbold & Peter B. Reich & Tetsuya Matsui & Wataru Takeuchi & Ke, 2021. "Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 11(6), pages 543-550, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:11:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1038_s41558-021-01062-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01062-1
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    1. Xia, Haiyong & Qiao, Yuetong & Li, Xiaojing & Xue, Yanhui & Wang, Na & Yan, Wei & Xue, Yanfang & Cui, Zhenling & van der Werf, Wopke, 2023. "Moderation of nitrogen input and integration of legumes via intercropping enable sustainable intensification of wheat-maize double cropping in the North China Plain: A four-year rotation study," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
    2. Xinli Chen & Peter B. Reich & Anthony R. Taylor & Zhengfeng An & Scott X. Chang, 2024. "Resource availability enhances positive tree functional diversity effects on carbon and nitrogen accrual in natural forests," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Vasiliev, Denis & Greenwood, Sarah, 2022. "Making green pledges support biodiversity: Nature-based solution design can be informed by landscape ecology principles," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    4. Pinnschmidt, Arne & Yousefpour, Rasoul & Nölte, Anja & Hanewinkel, Marc, 2023. "Tropical mixed-species plantations can outperform monocultures in terms of carbon sequestration and economic return," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).

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