Reforestation
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UN names four new World Restoration Flagships to heal degraded ecosystems
The World Restoration Flagships, spanning 18 countries, showcase large-scale efforts to revive forests, grasslands, farms and coastlines, restore biodiversity and secure…
Reforestation boosts planet’s green lungs
A new study shows the past 20 years of forest regeneration and reforestation efforts globally have contributed to the restoration of carbon sinks
The trouble with indiscriminate tree-planting in Africa
Planting trees in Africa is proposed by some as a quick fix for climate change. But local experts disagree — and say their voices are being sidelined
Africa’s anti-desert ‘green wall’ starts small in Senegal
The idea was simple: to counter the threat of creeping desertification in Africa through a Great Green Wall of trees spanning the continent.