GlobalUsefulNative Trees

Tree planting has the potential to improve the livelihoods of millions of people as well as to support environmental services such as biodiversity conservation. Planting however needs to be executed wisely if benefits are to be achieved. We have developed the GlobalUsefulNativeTrees (GlobUNT) database to directly support the principles advocated by the ‘golden rules for reforestation’, including planting tree mixtures that maximize the benefits to local livelihoods and the diversity of native trees. Developed primarily by combining data from GlobalTreeSearch with the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (WCUPS), GlobUNT includes 14,014 tree species that can be filtered for ten major use categories, across 242 countries and territories. The 14,014 species represent roughly a quarter of the tree species from GlobalTreeSearch and a third of the plant species from WCUPS. GlobUNT includes over 8000 species used as materials (9261 species; 68.4% of the total in WCUPS for that use category) or medicines (8283; 31.1%), over 2000 species with environmental uses (3317; 36.9%), used as human food (3310; 47.0%) or fuel (2162; 85.5%), over 1000 species used as gene sources (1552; 29.8%), animal food (1494; 33.7%), social uses (1396; 53.8%) or poisons (1109; 36.8%), and 712 species (68.4%) as insect food.

植树造林具有提升数百万民众生计的潜力，同时亦能支持诸如生物多样性保护等环境服务。然而，若欲实现预期效益，植树活动需精心策划。本团队研发了全球有用本土树种数据库（GlobalUsefulNativeTrees，简称 GlobUNT），旨在直接支持“再造林黄金法则”所倡导的原则，包括种植能够最大化提升当地生计和本土树种多样性的树种组合。GlobUNT 主要通过整合 GlobalTreeSearch 数据库与《世界有用植物种名录》（World Checklist of Useful Plant Species，简称 WCUPS）的数据而构建，包含 14,014 种树木物种，并可按十个主要用途类别进行筛选，覆盖 242 个国家和地区。这 14,014 种物种约占 GlobalTreeSearch 中树木物种的四分之一，以及 WCUPS 中植物物种的三分之一。GlobUNT 包含超过 8000 种作为材料（9261 种，占 WCUPS 中该用途类别总数的 68.4%）或药物（8283 种，占 31.1%）使用的物种，2000 多种具有环境用途的物种（3317 种，占 36.9%），用于人类食物（3310 种，占 47.0%）或燃料（2162 种，占 85.5%）的物种，1000 多种作为基因来源（1552 种，占 29.8%）、动物食物（1494 种，占 33.7%）、社会用途（1396 种，占 53.8%）或毒药（1109 种，占 36.8%）的物种，以及 712 种（占 68.4%）作为昆虫食物的物种。