Show threadSavannologyAug 4, 2023

@mongabay
The whole project should be canned. It's misguided and little more than #greenwashing funded by the #GlobalNorth. Many of the areas targeted for #reforestation are neither #deforested nor #degradedforest. They are natural #OpenBiomes such as #TropicalGrassyBiomes

#SavannasMatter

SavannologyDec 2, 2022

The descriptions and maps of #TropicalGrassyBiomes in the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (v2.1) are an excellent resource.

https://global-ecosystems.org/explore/biomes/T4

#SavannasMatter

They are not based on the FAO's outdated definitions that perpetuate the misclassification of savannas as "forest" or "degraded forest".

#SavannaScience

They are based on current thinking about #OpenBiomes /
#OpenNaturalEcosystems in the framework of #AlternateBiomeStates.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534722000611?via%3Dihub

Global Ecosystem Typology