Forests

This is how trees could help solve the climate crisis

A lone tree stands out amongst a patch of burnt land, in the haze hit Bangko Pusako district in Rokan Hilir, on Indonesia's Riau province, June 24, 2013. Indonesian police on Monday arrested two farmers for illegally starting fires to clear land in Sumatra, the first detentions linked to blazes that have blanketed neighboring Singapore and Malaysia with thick smog for days. REUTERS/Beawiharta

'To stop climate change, we must draw down the carbon already emitted into the atmosphere' Image: REUTERS/Beawiharta

Thomas Crowther
Assistant Professor of Global Ecosystem Ecology, Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich
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Total land available that can support trees across the globe Image: Crowther Lab/ETH Zurich
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Land available for forest restoration (excluding deserts, agricultural and urban areas; current forestland not shown) Image: Crowther Lab/ETH Zurich
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