‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XX83)
New study shows regions with best potential to regrow trees and suck climate-heating CO2 from the air
New maps have revealed the best win-win" opportunities across the world to regrow forests and tackle the climate crisis, without harming people or wildlife.
The places range from the eastern US and western Canada, to Brazil and Columbia, and across Europe, adding up to 195 million hectares (482 million acres). If reforested, this would remove 2.2bn tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, about the same as all the nations in the European Union.
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