Trees alone won’t save us: new study says forestation has less potential to fix the climate than hoped | The-14

Tree planting helps but won’t solve climate change. A new study shows forestation’s carbon potential is far lower than hoped, making emission cuts essential.

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MY VLOG: Floods ki asal waja kia? Hukoomat koi lahyay-e-amal kiyoon nahi banati?

#yasmeenaftabali #forestation #pakistan #floods #deforestation #timbermafia #urbanisation

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Deforestation is the biggest factor in numbers & intensity of floods in Pakistan, lowest country worldwide in having number of trees. Discussing the two major reasons leading to this.

Sowing the seeds... #amazon #forestation
#Carbon removal strategies, such as #forestation, alongside #greenhouse gas #emissions reduction efforts, have been recognized by the IPCC as essential measures to mitigate the risk of dangerous future #climate change.
#Environmental #EarthScience #ClimateChange #Ecology #sflorg
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Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third

While forestation increases atmospheric CO2 removal, it also changes atmospheric composition and darkens the land surface

Global-scale #forestation and #deforestation change the Earth’s #energy balance, thereby affect the global #atmospheric circulation and even have profound effects on the ocean circulation. Forestation is modeled to lead to #GlobalWarming of +0.5 K and this effect should be considered in afforestation programs: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33279-9
Global forestation and deforestation affect remote climate via adjusted atmosphere and ocean circulation - Nature Communications

Based on coupled climate model simulations the authors show that changes to the Earth’s surface energy balance following global-scale forestation and deforestation may change the strength of the jet stream, the Hadley cell, and the ocean circulation, which alters remote climate patterns across the globe

Nature

What's the impact of large-scale forestry on Irish communities? https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0201/1352939-ireland-forestry-plantations-coillte-sitka-spruce-local-communities/
"People living nearby the plantations describe the impacts of the loss of light, feelings of isolation due to being cut off and no longer able to see their neighbours, and their land in the shadow of forests turning to moss."

First time I have seen people dislike forests. What is going on? I understand that a plantation, in the beginning, is a green wall, but it changes over time.
#forestry #forestation

BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’

Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers

The Guardian
City Tree Biodiversity Helps Protect Urban Forests - And Our Health

Research shows diversity matters when it comes to urban forestation, too.