Forests

People are planting tiny urban forests to boost biodiversity and fight the climate crisis

Urban forests.

It’s estimated that new or restored forests could remove up to 10 gigatons of CO2 equivalent by 2050. Image: Unsplash/DesignEcologist

Simon Torkington
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