Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Simon L Lewis; Edward T A Mitchard; Colin Prentice; Mark Maslin; Ben Poulter

doi:10.1126/science.aaz0388

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Simon L Lewis, Edward T A Mitchard, Colin Prentice, Mark Maslin, Ben Poulter

School of Geosciences

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Abstract

Bastin et al (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) state that the restoration potential of new forests globally is 205 gigatonnes of carbon, conclude that "global tree restoration is our most effective climate change solution to date," and state that climate change will drive the loss of 450 million hectares of existing tropical forest by 2050. Here we show that these three statements are incorrect.

Original language	English
Journal	Science (New York, N.Y.)
Volume	366
Issue number	6463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0388
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2019

Keywords

Carbon
Climate Change
Forests
Trees

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Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

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