Regrowing a tropical forest – is it better to plant trees or leave it to nature?
A deforested plot in the Amazon rainforest. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Christopher Philipson
Senior Researcher, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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