Red de Herbarios de Mesoamerica y el Caribe, Managua, Nicaragua.
Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences - IANAS, Water Program, Managua, Nicaragua.
Braz J Biol. 2024 Aug 19;84:e280001. doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.280001. eCollection 2024.
The Tropical Dry Forests of Nicaragua located mainly in the Pacific and Central-North zones play an essential role in maintaining resources such as water and the special biodiversity of this vulnerable ecosystem now under pressure from land-use changes and climate change These resources are essential to the well-being of the population as the main aquifers of the country are located in this area along with ecosystem services of this now heavily fragmented forest ecosystem. The ongoing influence of climate change along with land-use changes have caused the growth of arid zones in all of Central America. These on-going land use changes are lowering the resilience to the present and future climate change. Individual efforts to sustainable management of the forests are mentioned but it is nonetheless urgent to introduce wider and more intensive sustainable forestry and watershed management under a well-planned strategy based on findings of scientific research. The importance of the interrelationship between water and forests in the management of sustainable forest ecosystems will be stressed.
尼加拉瓜的热带干旱森林主要分布在太平洋和中北部地区，在维持水资源和这个脆弱生态系统的特殊生物多样性方面发挥着重要作用，而这个生态系统现在正受到土地利用变化和气候变化的压力。这些资源对于人口的福祉至关重要，因为该国的主要含水层都位于该地区，而这个现在被严重割裂的森林生态系统也提供了生态系统服务。气候变化的持续影响以及土地利用的变化，导致整个中美洲的干旱地区不断扩大。这些正在发生的土地利用变化降低了对当前和未来气候变化的适应能力。文中提到了可持续管理森林的个人努力，但仍有必要在基于科学研究结果的精心规划战略下，引入更广泛和更密集的可持续林业和流域管理。文中还将强调水与森林在可持续森林生态系统管理中的相互关系的重要性。
