Natural regeneration of forests often better: study

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Natural forest regrowth can be better than planting trees: study

Read: 2 min Countries have pledged to plant billions of trees to tackle climate change, but half the time letting forests regenerate naturally would be a better option, a major study said Wednesday. “There are places where it makes sense to plant trees, and there are places where it makes sense to naturally regenerate forests,” Jacob Bukoski, one of the authors of the study, said. “If you want to sequester carbon at the lowest cost, some combin…