Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Andrew K. Skidmore*, Tiejun Wang, Kees de Bie, Petter Pilesjö

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    Abstract

    Bastin et al. (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) claim that 205 gigatonnes of carbon can be globally sequestered by restoring 0.9 billion hectares of forest and woodland canopy cover. Reinterpreting the data from Bastin et al., we show that the global land area actually required to sequester human-emitted CO2 is at least a factor of 3 higher, representing an unrealistically large area.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbereaaz0111
    Pages (from-to)1-3
    Number of pages3
    JournalScience
    Volume366
    Issue number6469
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Nov 2019

    Keywords

    • FOREST
    • PRODUCTIVITY

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