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Climate change: Why planting more trees won't save us

Natalie Muller
July 1, 2022

Expanding forests can help bring down the amount of CO2 trapped in the atmosphere. But restoring these invaluable ecosystems is a complex business, and planting new trees can sometimes do more harm than good.

https://p.dw.com/p/4DSO8

Interviewees featured in this episode:

Kate Hardwick, coordinator for Millennium Seed Bank Partnership at the UK’s Royal Botanical Gardens

Susan Cook-Patton, senior forest restoration scientist at The Nature Conservancy

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