Maintenance of forest cover in headwaters

Forests in headwater areas benefit water quality and hydrologic cycling. Furthermore, maintaining and restoring the forest cover in headwater catchments offers other, multiple benefits such as increased soil water retention, intercepted pollution pathways, improved soil, maintained biodiversity and captured carbon dioxide.

Creation:

2021-06-22 11:23

Updated:

2024-09-14 10:59

Compiler:

Marie Anne Eurie Forio

Editors:

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Reviewers:

Rima Mekdaschi Studer, William Critchley