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The New Water Paradigm
Publication on the New Water Paradigm by Kravčík et al.
Download from the Biodiversity for a Living Climate Website.
Water Infiltration
Books & Website by Brad Lancaster
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 1
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 2
HarvestingRainwater.com
Youtube Channel:@HarvestingRainwater
Permaculture Earthworks Handbook
Book by Douglas Barnes
Published by New Society Publishers.
Videos & Documentaries
Water is Love – Ripples of Regeneration – Documentary Film
“Water is Love” follows a group of young people grappling with the climate crisis while we journey around the world to share inspiring stories of regenerative ecosystem design to create water retention in communities, villages, and regions.
waterislovefilm.org
Tiny Forests
12 part free video course created by Afforestt through crowdfunding. Afforestt is an indian company that supports organizations and individuals with the creation of tiny forests around the world.
Afforestt video course
Tiny Forest Handbooks & Manuals
Tiny Forest Handbook Created by IVN Nature Education in the Netherlands.
Miyawaki Method Handbook created Kenty County Council in the UK.
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Scientific Studies
Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 1: Temporal characteristics over land. Earth System Dynamics, 5(3), 441–469.
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Ellison, D., Morris, C. E., Locatelli, B., Sheil, D., Cohen, J., Murdiyarso, D., … & Sullivan, C. A. (2017). Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world.
Global Environmental Change, 43, 51–61.
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Makarieva, A. M., & Gorshkov, V. G. (2007). Biotic pump of atmospheric moisture as driver of the hydrological cycle on land. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(2), 1013–1033.
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te Wierik, S. A., Cammeraat, E. L. H., Gupta, J., & Artzy-Randrup, Y. A. (2021).
Reviewing the impact of land use and land-use change on moisture recycling and precipitation patterns.
Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR029234.
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Bisselink, B., & Dolman, A. J. (2008).
Precipitation recycling: Moisture sources over Europe using ERA-40 data.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(5), 1073–1083.
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Bisselink, B., & Dolman, A. J. (2009).
Recycling of moisture in Europe: Contribution of evaporation to variability in very wet and dry years.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13(9), 1685–1697.
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Seneviratne, S. I., Lüthi, D., Litschi, M., & Schär, C. (2006).
Land–atmosphere coupling and climate change in Europe.
Nature, 443(7108), 205–209.
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Bierkens, M. F. P., & van den Hurk, B. J. J. M. (2007).
Groundwater convergence as a possible mechanism for multi-year persistence in rainfall.
Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L02402.
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Haga, D. I., Iannone, R., Wheeler, M. J., Mason, R., Polishchuk, E., Fetch, T., van der Kamp, B. J., McKendry, I. G., & Bertram, A. K. (2014). Ice nucleation by fungal spores from the classes Agaricomycetes, Ustilaginomycetes, and others. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(16), 8611–8630.
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Paasonen, P., Asmi, A., Petäjä, T., Kajos, M. K., Äijälä, M., Junninen, H., Holst, T., Abbatt, J. P. D., Arneth, A., Birmili, W., van der Gon, H. D., Hamed, A., Hoffer, A., Laakso, L., Laaksonen, A., Leaitch, W. R., Plass-Dülmer, C., Pryor, S. C., Räisänen, P., Swietlicki, E., Wiedensohler, A., Worsnop, D. R., Kerminen, V.-M., & Kulmala, M. (2013). Warming-induced increase in aerosol number concentration likely to moderate climate change.
Nature Geoscience, 6, 438–442.
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Pöhlker, M. L., Pöhlker, C., Ditas, F., Klimach, T., Hrabe de Angelis, I., Araújo, A., Brito, J., Carbone, S., Cheng, Y., Chi, X., Ditz, R., Gunthe, S. S., Kandler, K., Kesselmeier, J., Könemann, T., Krüger, O. O., Lavrič, J. V., Martin, S. T., Mikhailov, E., Moran-Zuloaga, D., Rose, D., Saturno, J., Su, H., Thalman, R., Walter, D., Wang, J., Wolff, S., Barbosa, H. M. J., Artaxo, P., Andreae, M. O., & Pöschl, U. (2018).
Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei in the Amazon rainforest – Part 1: Aerosol size distribution, hygroscopicity, and new model parametrizations for CCN prediction. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(14), 10289–10331.
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Akram, M. T., Khan, M. M., Nabi, T., Qadri, R., Al-Maskri, A., & Khan, M. A. (2025). Miyawaki technique for sustainable urban greening and ecological restoration: A review. CABI Reviews, 20(1), 0028.
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Mihailova, M. (2022).
Micro forests as a way in EU agriculture to implement “green policy” and create sustainable biomass. In Proceedings of the 15th International Scientific Conference WoodEMA 2022: Crisis Management and Safety Foresight in Forest-Based Sector and SMEs Operating in the Global Environment (pp. 257–263). Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Schirone, B., Salis, A., & Vessella, F. (2011).
Effectiveness of the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean forest restoration programs. Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 7(1), 81–92.
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Sušnik, J., Masia, S., Kravčík, M., Pokorný, J., & Hesslerová, P. (2022).
Costs and benefits of landscape-based water retention measures as nature-based solutions to mitigating climate impacts in eastern Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Land Degradation & Development, 33(16), 4512–4526.
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Huryna, H., & Pokorný, J. (2016).
The role of water and vegetation in the distribution of solar energy and local climate: a review. International Journal of Water, 10(2/3), 197–217.
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Hesslerová, P., Pokorný, J., & Huryna, H. (2021). Wetlands and forests regulate climate via evapotranspiration. In R. Finlayson, M. Everard, K. Irvine, & M. McInnes (Eds.), Wetlands: Ecosystem Services, Restoration and Wise Use (pp. 627–642). Springer, Cham.
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Ellison, D., Morris, C. E., Locatelli, B., Sheil, D., Cohen, J., Murdiyarso, D., Gutierrez, V., van Noordwijk, M., Creed, I. F., Pokorný, J., Gaveau, D., Spracklen, D. V., Bargués Tobella, A., Ilstedt, U., Teuling, A. J., Gebrehiwot, S. G., Sands, D. C., Muys, B., Verbist, B., Springgay, E., Sugandi, Y., & Sullivan, C. A. (2018).
Forests, atmospheric water and an uncertain future: the new biology of the global water cycle. Forest Ecosystems, 5, 19.
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Hesslerová, P., Pokorný, J., Huryna, H., & Procházka, J. (2024).
From fields to microclimate: Assessing the influence of vegetation cover on local climate regulation. Preprint published on Preprints.org.
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Ellison, D. (2024).
Even cooler insights: On the power of forests to water the Earth and cool the atmosphere. Global Change Biology, 30(13), e17246.
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