Planting trees can be one tool to fight climate change - if we do it right

Trees are an essential tool in the fight against climate change, but haphazard planting can have unintended consequences. Image: Unsplash
Karen D. Holl
Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Pedro H. S. Brancalion
Member, Science Panel for the Amazon

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