Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.
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Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
The Midwest had a lot of trees, but just a few species were responsible for the bulk of the carbon storage.
Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.
Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
Here’s what to look out for.
The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
The world is a much better place for the extra carbon being absorbed by forests, but it can never entirely offset emissions.
Paying attention to tree seed to enhance forest landscape restoration: new resources for Africa are available.
Planting a massive number of trees can help slow climate change, but it is only part of the solution.
“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
Carbon has overshadowed forests in climate policies, leading to practices that appear green but actually harm forests.
Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.
Large-scale tree-planting projects are politically popular and media-friendly, but without effective planning and long-term management, they can do more harm than good.
Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.
Zero emission? Carbon neutral? Carbon negative? What does it mean to achieve ‘net-zero’ emissions?
Large areas targeted for forest restoration in Africa are covered by savanna and grassland, which provide important ecosystem services that would be lost should they be converted to forests.
It depends on where and how it’s grown, and how it is disposed of or recycled.
Regreening Africa works directly with 500,000 households to restore one million hectares of agricultural land.
The age of a forest can influence how effectively it offsets our emissions.
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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CGIAR
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Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Spatial analyst, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Professor in ecology and environment, Griffith University
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor & Director, QUT Centre for Environment and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Associate Director Smart Green Cities, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland