Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Humanity injects almost 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. Image: Unsplash/Ales Krivec
Tom Pugh
Reader in Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange, , University of Birmingham

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