Hi Ben. Interesting summary. I appreciate your work. I do want to note that planting and protecting trees as a nature-based climate change solution has been around since at least the 90s. I wrote about it in my 2010 book, “Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change.”
It should never be seen as a way of avoiding reducing fossil fuels, though, as you point out.
Also important to note the huge difference in ecological functioning between old/well-established forests and new plantations, especially if the new plantations are not planted with multifunctionality and location-tailored biodiversity in mind
Hi Ben. Interesting summary. I appreciate your work. I do want to note that planting and protecting trees as a nature-based climate change solution has been around since at least the 90s. I wrote about it in my 2010 book, “Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change.”
It should never be seen as a way of avoiding reducing fossil fuels, though, as you point out.
Also important to note the huge difference in ecological functioning between old/well-established forests and new plantations, especially if the new plantations are not planted with multifunctionality and location-tailored biodiversity in mind