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Regrowth of degraded tropical forests offsets ‘a quarter’ of deforestation emissions

'Secondary' forests cover about 10% of the tropical forest area worldwide.

'Secondary' forests cover about 10% of the tropical forest area worldwide. Image: Unsplash/Renaldo Matamoro

Yanine Quiroz
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The study uses satellite images to measure the growth of recovering forests.
The study uses satellite images to measure the growth of recovering forests. Image: Unsplash/briangarrityphoto
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Recovering secondary and degraded forests play a big part in carbon sequestration.
Recovering secondary and degraded forests play a big part in carbon sequestration. Image: Carbon Brief/Heinrich et al (2023).
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