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No “Treegrets”: Ecologist Urges Halt to Mass Tree Planting
No “Treegrets”: Ecologist Urges Halt to Mass Tree Planting

In 2019, ecologist Thomas Crowther advocated for planting trillions of trees to combat carbon emissions. However, at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Crowther, the former chief scientific adviser for the Trillion Trees Campaign, urged a cessation of mass tree planting (Landymore 2023). He highlighted drawbacks such as biodiversity loss and

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