Reforestation could boost water security in vulnerable regions in the Asia-Pacific: Study

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Planting up forests can help soak up planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but a new study has shown that reforestation efforts could also boost water security for some regions in the Asia-Pacific.

As water consumers, these habitats draw in water from the soil through their roots and release it into the atmosphere through the process of evapotranspiration, which occurs when trees release water vapour through their leaves. When forests release water into the atmosphere, they help to increase the humidity in the air.This stimulates the formation of rain clouds, either over the forest basin or elsewhere, since air moisture could be transported over long distances by winds. 

There is considerable potential for more research into reforestation as a transboundary nature-based solution for climate mitigation, as well as for water and food security.”

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