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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

These critics argue that thinning is a ploy to increase commercial logging and that severe wildfires are critical for forest health and biodiversity. This means that every time we do something in the forest, we ask, ‘What is in the best interest of animals, plants, soil, water, air, and humans?’ Into this destruction stepped John Muir.

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

Grist

Want to do something good for the Earth? This common belief, once an inspiration for Earth Day T-shirts, now forms the basis of a booming global industry. Mass-planting is an effective way to grow a lot of timber, for instance, which can relieve pressure on local native forests that might otherwise get logged, she said.