Title: Spying On The Past: Using geospatial technologies and declassified satellite photography to explore human and environment interactions in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Enhancing water provision services is a common target in forest restoration projects worldwide due to growing concerns over freshwater scarcity. However, whether or not forest cover expansion or restoration can improve water provision services is still unclear and highly disputed.
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• We explore the water-energy-food nexus for EU farmland investments.
• We estimate virtual water from crop production in the target countries.
• Virtual water is mostly green water consisting of 76% of the total water acquired.
• We analyse freshwater use between flexible, food and energy crops.
• Flexible/energy crops are responsible for most of the water acquired by EU investors.
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Improving water quality and quantity is sometimes cited as motivation for restoring and expanding forest cover, especially in the tropics. But a new systematic review of literature finds that most studies show a reduction in water yield in response to forest restoration and expansion.
