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Massive tree planting schemes are not the answer to the biodiversity and climate crises
In October 2021, the first phase of the postponed Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) took place online.
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How the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative is promoting the expansion of industrial tree plantations
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030.
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The trouble with trees: The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative is based on a “profound misreading of Africa’s grassy biomes”
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) aims “to bring 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030”.
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Greenpeace rejects the one trillion trees campaign: “Treewashing the climate crisis with promises of large tree plantations”
“Planting trees is now advocated by a wide range of stake-holders, often in the form of large-scale, monoculture tree plantations.
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Natural Climate Questions: Can trees planted in Uganda really offset greenhouse gas emissions from Max Burgers’ fast food chain in Sweden?
Trees suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
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Planting trees and restoring forests is not going to stop climate breakdown. “We need a rapid end to fossil energy use precisely because we…
By now you will have seen the headlines.
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Guest Post: From the chaos of REDD-plus towards the Bonn Challenge’s maze
Yvette Aguilar is an expert and adviser on the issue of climate change of El Salvador Round-Table and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in El Salvador.
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