The Forest-Water Connection : ecologist Douglas Sheil

About this episode

Ecologist Douglas Sheil discusses the relationship between forests and watersheds, including conservation efforts and the Biotic Pump.

Douglas Sheil is an ecologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has worked on questions of how forests affect watersheds, how to restore and conserve forests, and also helped clarify explanations of the Biotic Pump. For more info https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/the-forest-water-connection-ecologist . You can help support this podcast by becoming a subscriber of the Climate Water Project newsletter .

People in this episode

Host: Alpha Lo

Guest: Douglas Sheil

Topics covered

• forest ecology
• watersheds
• forest conservation
• Biotic Pump
• ecology

Keywords

• Douglas Sheil
• Wageningen University
• forests
• watersheds
• Biotic Pump
• ecology
• conservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wageningen University, Climate Water Project

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