6. • Trees consume water
• Trees recycle water
• Trees help store water by
changing soil to be
a more effecDve buffer
• Streamflow from healthy
catchments with forests
and trees is more gradual
Higher evapotranspi-
raDon means more
cooling effect
Higher evapotranspi-
raDon means more
atmospheric water
vapour
Prevailing
winds
BioDc-pump-induced
air flows?
Oceanic input
Biological precipitaDon
triggers? Rainfall
Downstream water
use, livelihoods risks
and benefits
Scien1-
fic
debate
Downstream and
downwind benefits of
watershed restoraDon