Cost-Effectiveness of Natural Forest Regeneration and Plantations for Climate Mitigation

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US$ per tCO2) for two common reforestation methods: natural regeneration and plantations. We do so by producing and integrating new maps of implementation costs and opportunity costs of reforestation, likely plantation genus and carbon accumulation by means of natural regeneration and plantations…

Mitch Epstein's Photos of American Nature Are Collected in a New Book

A new book of photographs by Mitch Epstein captures the devastating impact of industry on the American landscape—and the fragile pockets of nature that remain By Elena Clavarino In 2020, Mitch Epstein discovered a pocket of old-growth forest near his childhood home in western Massachusetts. There were bristlecone pines, bald cypresses, and giant sequoias—trees that had swayed through sun and storm for hundreds, even thousands of years. Most had …

New Maps Show Best Places for Global Reforestation: Study

Researchers have revealed new maps that show the best places to regrow forests across the world to tackle the climate crisis. The areas include western Canada, the eastern United States, Colombia, Brazil and Europe. They add up to a total of 482 million acres that, if reforested, would remove 2.43 million tons of carbon dioxide each year — nearly as much as all the total carbon emissions produced by the European Union, reported The Guardian. “Na…

New Maps Show Best Places For Global Reforestation: Study - Data Intelligence

Workers plant a Douglas fir during a reforestation campaign in the Harz Mountains in northern Germany on April 26, 2025. Swen Pförtner / picture alliance via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Researchers have revealed new maps that show the best pl…

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A Third of Forests Lost This Century Will Likely Never Be Restored

Of the forest lost so far this century, roughly a third was destroyed to make room for farms, a new analysis finds. Those woodlands, which spanned an area larger than Mongolia, will likely never be restored, authors say. Read more on E360 →