CLIMATE RECOVERY WITH
PLANTS & WATER
NEW WATER PARADIGM:
FROM DRAINAGE TO REHYDRATION
('IN-PLANT' & 'IN-GROUND' STORAGE)
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'The Substantial Role of Water in the Climate System of the Earth' by Jan Pokorný et al
See The Substantial Role of Water in the Climate System of the Earth - Discussion Paper to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 7-18 December 2009, by Jan Pokorný, Michal Kravcík, Juraj Kohutiar and Martin Kovac
1. Water in all its forms has a substantial role in the climate system of the Earth.
2. Draining of water from land through deforestation, forms of agriculture and urbanization, contributes to climate change.
3. Restoration of water and vegetation on disrupted landscapes is the key mitigating and adaptive measure to combat the part of climate change caused by human drainage of water from the land.
'Water for the Recovery of the Climate - A New Water Paradigm' by Michal Kravcík et al
See Water for the Recovery of the Climate - A New Water Paradigm, M. Kravcík, J. Pokorný, J. Kohutiar, M. Kovác, E. Tóth, 2007
'A Global Action Plan for the Restoration of Natural Water Cycles and Climate' by Michal Kravčik et al
See 'A Global Action Plan for the Restoration of Natural Water Cycles and Climate', Michal Kravčík and Jan Lambert Slovakia and U.S.A., 2015
“A global plan of climate restoration of the small water cycle of regional landscapes, with a goal of decreasing floods, drought, natural disasters, and other undesirable climate changes, and increasing the biodiversity and production potential of all continents, through the introduction of various measures of rainwater retention suitable for all areas of human habitation and usage.”
NEW PLANT PARADIGMS:
FROM NATIVISM TO
PLANT FUNCTION
&
FROM 'WEEDS' TO
PLANT SUCCESSION
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Turning Weeds Into Solutions - Read the Weed, book by Gwyn Jones, Nov 2024
Hydrology, Carbon and Contours - The Future of Farming, by Adam Willson, Gwyn Jones, Greg Paynter, Garry Edser, Duane Norris, Michal Kravcik, SCIREA Journal of Agriculture, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2023
Not all weeds are villains. After a fire, some plants - even weeds - can be better than none by Dr Samantha Capon and Dr Gary Palmer, The Conversation, 5 February 2020
Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment, edited by JG Isebrands and J Richardson, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and CABI, (collaboration of approximately 60 scientists from around the world - all articles peer-reviewed and reviewed by the editors), 2014
Weeds or Wild Nature: A Permaculture Perspective, by David Holmgren, Plant Protection Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 3, 2011
The Crucial Role of Willows in Sustainable River Management, Haikai Tane, The Watershed Foundation, March 2010
Temperature and Humidity Characteristics of Two Willow Stands, a Peaty Meadow and a Drained Pasture and their Impact on Landscape Functioning, Jakub Brom and Jan Pokorný, Boreal Env. Res. 14: 389–403, 2009
Invasion Biology by Mark A Davis, OUP Oxford, 2009. Mark A Davis challenges the idea of "invasive species": “The field of Invasion Biology is in a period of rapid transition. (Loc 3788)… It is important that the public and incoming students to the field receive a balanced characterisation of invasions. By this I mean that positive as well as negative impacts of introduced species should be reported as well as the variety of factors that have been discovered to facilitate or inhibit invasions. (Loc 3795)… My advice to young ecologists is to be open to new ideas and not to follow accepted dogma with blind allegiance... More than 50 years ago, using almost identical terms, Egler (1951) warned colleagues of placidly accepting traditional dogmas. It is important to learn about current and dominant paradigms, but avoid marinating yourself in them. (Loc 3811) Scepticism is probably the most important attribute of a scientist.” (Loc 3818), 2009
Willows: Weeds of Retention, Dr Michael Wilson Research conducted whilst at the Centre for Environmental Management, University of Ballarat, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, 2006, Bungendore, Draft paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Natural Sequence Farming workshop – Defining the Science and the Practice, 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2006, Bungendore, NSW, 2006
Organic Matter Dynamics in Willow and Eucalypt Lined Central Victorian Streams, Michael E Wilson BSc, MSc (Maquarie), Thesis, 2001
Weeds - Guardians of the Soil, Joseph A Cocannouer, Devin-Adair Co, Fourth Printing edition, 1950
Hydrology, Carbon and Contours - The Future of Farming, by Adam Willson, Gwyn Jones, Greg Paynter, Garry Edser, Duane Norris, Michal Kravcik, SCIREA Journal of Agriculture, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2023
Not all weeds are villains. After a fire, some plants - even weeds - can be better than none by Dr Samantha Capon and Dr Gary Palmer, The Conversation, 5 February 2020
Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment, edited by JG Isebrands and J Richardson, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and CABI, (collaboration of approximately 60 scientists from around the world - all articles peer-reviewed and reviewed by the editors), 2014
Weeds or Wild Nature: A Permaculture Perspective, by David Holmgren, Plant Protection Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 3, 2011
The Crucial Role of Willows in Sustainable River Management, Haikai Tane, The Watershed Foundation, March 2010
Temperature and Humidity Characteristics of Two Willow Stands, a Peaty Meadow and a Drained Pasture and their Impact on Landscape Functioning, Jakub Brom and Jan Pokorný, Boreal Env. Res. 14: 389–403, 2009
Invasion Biology by Mark A Davis, OUP Oxford, 2009. Mark A Davis challenges the idea of "invasive species": “The field of Invasion Biology is in a period of rapid transition. (Loc 3788)… It is important that the public and incoming students to the field receive a balanced characterisation of invasions. By this I mean that positive as well as negative impacts of introduced species should be reported as well as the variety of factors that have been discovered to facilitate or inhibit invasions. (Loc 3795)… My advice to young ecologists is to be open to new ideas and not to follow accepted dogma with blind allegiance... More than 50 years ago, using almost identical terms, Egler (1951) warned colleagues of placidly accepting traditional dogmas. It is important to learn about current and dominant paradigms, but avoid marinating yourself in them. (Loc 3811) Scepticism is probably the most important attribute of a scientist.” (Loc 3818), 2009
Willows: Weeds of Retention, Dr Michael Wilson Research conducted whilst at the Centre for Environmental Management, University of Ballarat, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, 2006, Bungendore, Draft paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Natural Sequence Farming workshop – Defining the Science and the Practice, 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2006, Bungendore, NSW, 2006
Organic Matter Dynamics in Willow and Eucalypt Lined Central Victorian Streams, Michael E Wilson BSc, MSc (Maquarie), Thesis, 2001
Weeds - Guardians of the Soil, Joseph A Cocannouer, Devin-Adair Co, Fourth Printing edition, 1950
'Hydrology, Carbon and Contours
- The Future of Farming'
by Adam Willson et al, April 2023
The problem...
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The solution...
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"Since settlement Australian agriculture has transitioned from hydrated carbon rich landscapes abundant in trees and diverse pastoral systems to a continent dominated by low carbon soils, overgrazed grasslands and vast fields of annual monoculture crops. Inappropriate farming practices including deforestation have led to longer intervals between sporadic and extreme rain events, highly incised streams and declining aquifer recharging. Landscape drainage has had a sizeable hydrological impact resulting in significant drops in annual rainfall and increased desertification. All this culminated in the uncontrolled wildfires that took place in 2019 and 2020 and extreme floods in 2021 and 2022."* |
"Research indicates that [these] water-retention measures and practices can lower the regional temperature by 1.6°C and have the potential to increase production by 15-45% adding significantly to national food security. Further, they provide tangible ways to reduce the intensity of Australia’s, Europe’s, Asia’s and North America’s droughts, fires and floods."* |
*Abstract: Hydrology, Carbon and Contours - The Future of Farming, by Adam Willson, Gwyn Jones, Greg Paynter, Garry Edser, Duane Norris, Michal Kravcik, SCIREA Journal of Agriculture, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2023
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FURTHER SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Trees Help Battle Global Warming and So Much More, Emeritus Professor Tim Roberts, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle Herald, 29 July 2018
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles, by Fred Pearce, 24 July 2018: "A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and the U.S. Midwest."
Indirect and Direct Thermodynamic Effects of Wetland Ecosystems on Climate, Natural and Constructed Wetlands, Chapter 7, Jan Pokorny, Petra Hesslerova, Hanna Huryna, and David Harper, Springer International Publishing. J. Vymazal (ed.), Switzerland 2016
The Role of Water and Vegetation in the Distribution of Solar Energy and Local Climate: a Review, Hanna Huryna & Jan Pokorny, Received: 14 May 2015, Accepted: 5 October 2016, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2016
Daily Dynamics of Radiation Surface Temperature of Different Land Cover Types in a Temperate Cultural Landscape: Consequences for the Local Climate, Petra Hesslerová, Jan Pokorný, Jakub Bromb, Alžběta Rejšková-Procházková, available online, 28 February 2013
Evapotranspiration - a Driving Force in Landscape Sustainability, Martina Eiseltová, Jan Pokorný, Petra Hesslerová, Wilhelm Ripl, 2012
Solar Energy Dissipation and Temperature Control by Water and Plants, Pokorný, J., Brom, J., Cermák, J., Hesslerová, P., Huryna, H., Nadezhdina, N. and Rejšková, A. (2010) ‘Solar energy dissipation and temperature control by water and plants’, Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 311–336, 2010
International Journal of Water - Special Issue on Water and the Complexities of Climate, (2010) Volume 5, No 4, Guest Editor: Associate Professor Ariel Salleh, 2010
Losing Fertile Matter to the Sea: How Landscape Entropy Affects Climate, Wilhelm Ripl, Department of Landscape Ecology, Limnology, Technical University of Berlin, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 353, 2010
The Biotic Pump: Condensation, atmospheric dynamics and climate, Anastassia M. Makarieva and Victor G. Gorshkov, Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 365-385, 2010
Re-Coupling the Carbon and Water Cycles by Natural Sequence Farming, Duane Norris and Peter Andrews, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2010
Temperature and Humidity Characteristics of Two Willow Stands, a Peaty Meadow and a Drained Pasture and their Impact on Landscape Functioning, Jakub Brom and Jan Pokorný, Boreal Env. Res. 14: 389–403, 2009
Water: the Bloodstream of the Biosphere, Wilhelm Ripl, Department of Limnology, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Hellriegelstrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany, The Royal Society, Published online 13 November 2003, "Areas with an even cover of vegetation, with sufficient evaporable water, have more predictable weather events than do damaged areas without proper vegetation cover."
Dissipation of Solar Energy in Landscape - Controlled by Management of Water and Vegetation, Jan Pokorný, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Botany, Section of Plant Ecology, ENKI p.b.c. CZ-379 82 Trebon, 135 Dukelska, Czech Republic, 2001
How Humans Affect Local Climate by Landscape Management - the Distribution of Solar Energy in Different Types of Land, Jan Pokorny, Urška Ratajc, Petra Hesslerová
How Trees Cool Down Towns in Summer, Jan Pokorny, Urška Ratajc
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles, by Fred Pearce, 24 July 2018: "A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and the U.S. Midwest."
Indirect and Direct Thermodynamic Effects of Wetland Ecosystems on Climate, Natural and Constructed Wetlands, Chapter 7, Jan Pokorny, Petra Hesslerova, Hanna Huryna, and David Harper, Springer International Publishing. J. Vymazal (ed.), Switzerland 2016
The Role of Water and Vegetation in the Distribution of Solar Energy and Local Climate: a Review, Hanna Huryna & Jan Pokorny, Received: 14 May 2015, Accepted: 5 October 2016, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2016
Daily Dynamics of Radiation Surface Temperature of Different Land Cover Types in a Temperate Cultural Landscape: Consequences for the Local Climate, Petra Hesslerová, Jan Pokorný, Jakub Bromb, Alžběta Rejšková-Procházková, available online, 28 February 2013
Evapotranspiration - a Driving Force in Landscape Sustainability, Martina Eiseltová, Jan Pokorný, Petra Hesslerová, Wilhelm Ripl, 2012
Solar Energy Dissipation and Temperature Control by Water and Plants, Pokorný, J., Brom, J., Cermák, J., Hesslerová, P., Huryna, H., Nadezhdina, N. and Rejšková, A. (2010) ‘Solar energy dissipation and temperature control by water and plants’, Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 311–336, 2010
International Journal of Water - Special Issue on Water and the Complexities of Climate, (2010) Volume 5, No 4, Guest Editor: Associate Professor Ariel Salleh, 2010
Losing Fertile Matter to the Sea: How Landscape Entropy Affects Climate, Wilhelm Ripl, Department of Landscape Ecology, Limnology, Technical University of Berlin, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 353, 2010
The Biotic Pump: Condensation, atmospheric dynamics and climate, Anastassia M. Makarieva and Victor G. Gorshkov, Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 365-385, 2010
Re-Coupling the Carbon and Water Cycles by Natural Sequence Farming, Duane Norris and Peter Andrews, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2010
Temperature and Humidity Characteristics of Two Willow Stands, a Peaty Meadow and a Drained Pasture and their Impact on Landscape Functioning, Jakub Brom and Jan Pokorný, Boreal Env. Res. 14: 389–403, 2009
Water: the Bloodstream of the Biosphere, Wilhelm Ripl, Department of Limnology, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Hellriegelstrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany, The Royal Society, Published online 13 November 2003, "Areas with an even cover of vegetation, with sufficient evaporable water, have more predictable weather events than do damaged areas without proper vegetation cover."
Dissipation of Solar Energy in Landscape - Controlled by Management of Water and Vegetation, Jan Pokorný, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Botany, Section of Plant Ecology, ENKI p.b.c. CZ-379 82 Trebon, 135 Dukelska, Czech Republic, 2001
How Humans Affect Local Climate by Landscape Management - the Distribution of Solar Energy in Different Types of Land, Jan Pokorny, Urška Ratajc, Petra Hesslerová
How Trees Cool Down Towns in Summer, Jan Pokorny, Urška Ratajc
NATURAL SEQUENCE FARMING ('NSF')
A WHOLE OF LANDSCAPE
RESTORATION & MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Hydrology, Carbon and Contours - The Future of Farming, by Adam Willson, Gwyn Jones, Greg Paynter, Garry Edser, Duane Norris, Michal Kravcik, SCIREA Journal of Agriculture, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2023
The applicability, efficacy and risks of natural sequence farming in the dryland agricultural zone of south west Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth. Report. Nik Callow and Rose Anne Bell, 2021
Catchment Function Analysis Using Google Earth Mapping, Tim Wiley, Australasian Agribusiness Perspectives 2017, Volume 20, Paper 1, 2017
‘Yanget Farm’ Rehydration Project by Rod O’Bree and Peter Andrews - Catchment Function Analysis by Tim Wiley, Tierra Australia, August 2017
The Principles of Natural Sequence Farming, John Williams, Natural Resources Commission, Sydney, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 396, 2010
Natural Sequence Farming: Defining the Science and the Practice, Hazell, Peter and Norris, Duane, Proceedings of the 1st Natural Sequence Farming Workshop. ‘Natural Sequence Farming: Defining the Science and the Practice’, held in Bungendore, NSW, Australia, on 31 October and 1 November 2006, published in 2007
The Swampy Meadow: From an Enigmatic Perception to a Better Understanding, Barbara Mactaggart, David Goldney, Johannes Bauer, Andrew Rawson, copyright: Peter Hazell and Duane Norris, Proceedings of the first Natural Sequence Farming Workshop, Natural Sequence Farming- Defining the Science and the Practice, held at Bungendore, NSW, Australia on the 31 October and 1 November 2006
Restoring Watershed Systems by Converting to Natural Sequence Farming, Haikai Tane, published by Duane Norris & Peter Hazell, 2006
The ‘Natural Farming Sequence’, Tarwyn Park, Upper Bylong Valley, New South Wales’. An Expert Panel report prepared for the Honourable John Anderson, MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, by CSIRO Land and Water, CSIRO, 2002
The applicability, efficacy and risks of natural sequence farming in the dryland agricultural zone of south west Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth. Report. Nik Callow and Rose Anne Bell, 2021
Catchment Function Analysis Using Google Earth Mapping, Tim Wiley, Australasian Agribusiness Perspectives 2017, Volume 20, Paper 1, 2017
‘Yanget Farm’ Rehydration Project by Rod O’Bree and Peter Andrews - Catchment Function Analysis by Tim Wiley, Tierra Australia, August 2017
The Principles of Natural Sequence Farming, John Williams, Natural Resources Commission, Sydney, (2010) Int. J. Water, Vol. 5, No. 4, p 396, 2010
Natural Sequence Farming: Defining the Science and the Practice, Hazell, Peter and Norris, Duane, Proceedings of the 1st Natural Sequence Farming Workshop. ‘Natural Sequence Farming: Defining the Science and the Practice’, held in Bungendore, NSW, Australia, on 31 October and 1 November 2006, published in 2007
The Swampy Meadow: From an Enigmatic Perception to a Better Understanding, Barbara Mactaggart, David Goldney, Johannes Bauer, Andrew Rawson, copyright: Peter Hazell and Duane Norris, Proceedings of the first Natural Sequence Farming Workshop, Natural Sequence Farming- Defining the Science and the Practice, held at Bungendore, NSW, Australia on the 31 October and 1 November 2006
Restoring Watershed Systems by Converting to Natural Sequence Farming, Haikai Tane, published by Duane Norris & Peter Hazell, 2006
The ‘Natural Farming Sequence’, Tarwyn Park, Upper Bylong Valley, New South Wales’. An Expert Panel report prepared for the Honourable John Anderson, MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, by CSIRO Land and Water, CSIRO, 2002
SCIENTISTS
TALS Institute has set up the Independent Scientists Panel as part of the Landscape Resilience Council.
Many other pre-eminent scientists are supporting Peter Andrews' 40 years of observations and findings about the Australian landscape and its functions which are clearly presented in physical evidence and numerous case studies.
Notable supporters of Peter Andrews' observations of The Australian Landscape Science include:
Many other pre-eminent scientists are supporting Peter Andrews' 40 years of observations and findings about the Australian landscape and its functions which are clearly presented in physical evidence and numerous case studies.
Notable supporters of Peter Andrews' observations of The Australian Landscape Science include:
- Emeritus Professor Tim Roberts OAM, School of Environmental and Life Sciences (Environmental Science and Management), The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Prof Haikai Tane, Fmr Chief Planner for Murray Darling, Director, Watershed Systems, Australia
- Dr John Williams, also former NSW Natural Resources Commissioner, as well as former Head of CSIRO, Land and Water
- Prof David Goldney, Landscape Ecologist
- Prof David Mitchell, Fresh Water Ecologist
- Dr Jan Pokorný CSC, Restore Climate,Czech Republic
- Michal Kravčík, Hydrologist, Ľudia a Voda, Slovakia
- Dr Wilhelm Ripl, Land Ecologist, Tech Uni, Berlin, Germany
