Harnessing ‘invisible forests in plain view’ to reforest the world

Mongabay
Jul 16, 2024, 5:53 pm119 pts
Tony Rinaudo had been attempting to reforest degraded land in Niger in the 1980s at a rate of 6,000 trees a year, but most of them died. While driving to a village hosting one such project, what he caught sight of what he initially thought was a bush. Upon closer inspection, though, it turned out to be the…

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