The scandal of calling plantations 'forest restoration' is putting climate targets at risk

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As trees grow they remove carbon from the atmosphere. New forests can therefore play an important role in meeting the goal of keeping Earth's temperature to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Governments...

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