Restoring the world's lost forests could remove two thirds of all the planet-warming carbon that is in the atmosphere because of human activity, according to a new study
Since the industrial revolution, humans have added around 300 billion tons of extra carbon to the atmosphere -- mainly through burning fossil fuels -- which is heating the planet to dangerous levels. But trees naturally remove carbon from the atmosphere, storing it above and below ground.
The fight for Brazil's Amazon 18:10But they add that their models of future tree cover are characterized by high uncertainty, and don't take into account potential loss of forest for pasture or cattle raising.Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Climate Convention described the study as"an authoritative assessment of how much land we can and should cover with trees without impinging on food production or living areas.
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