Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Mongabay
May 13, 2021, 11:38 am403 pts
People have been planting trees to restock forests for a very long time. In the 16th century, for instance, wealthy landowners in Britain and Europe established tree plantations to supply timber for shipbuilding. In the 13th century, Portugal’s King Afonso III had a pine forest planted, known as the Pinhal do…

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