CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Upwind forests: managing moisture recycling for nature-based resilience

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Trees and forests multiply the oceanic supply of freshwater through moisture recycling, pointing to an urgent need to halt deforestation and offering a way to increase the water-related benefits of forest restoration.

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