Ten golden rules for reforestation

An Infrastructure News article.

Tree planting is becoming an important part of climate change mitigation strategies, however the wrong trees in the wrong places can do more harm than good.

Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives, many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly compensate for CO2 emissions, which are a major cause of rising global temperatures. However, tree planting that is poorly planned and executed could actually increase CO2 emissions and have long‐term, deleterious impacts on biodiversity, landscapes and livelihoods.

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