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From What's New: Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees

Science, Spoken

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Introduction

Thomas Crowther challenges the use of mass tree plantations as an environmental solution, highlighting their potential harms on biodiversity and critiquing their misuse as emission offsets. The chapter explores the global tree planting craze sparked by Crowther's earlier research in 2019 and the subsequent criticisms regarding its effectiveness in combating climate change.

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