Climate actions
Forest management measures can increase water yield, regulate water flow, and reduce drought stress for a forest. By intercepting precipitation, evaporating moisture from vegetative surfaces, transpiring soil moisture, capturing fog water and maintaining soil infiltration, forests influence the amount of water available from groundwater, surface watercourses and water bodies. By maintaining or improving soil infiltration and soil water storage capacity, they influence the timing of water delivery. By minimizing erosion, they minimize impairment of water quality due to sedimentation. Forests can also protect water bodies and watercourses by trapping sediments and pollutants from other upslope land uses and activities. In addition, along streams, forests provide shade, thus reducing water temperature. High costs for afforestation.
Promotion of water sensitive forest management
Objective
Reduce water scarcity.
Description
Expected results
Maximizing the wide range of forest benefits without detriment to water resources and ecosystem functions.
Result indicators
Volume of withheld water [m³]
Involved actors
Competent authorities for river management, farmers, forest services, policymakers.
Expected timeline for action
Criticalities
Scope of the action
Type of proposed actions
Sector of action
Climate impacts
Implementation scale