Experts welcome Brazil’s revived reforestation plan as much-needed boost

Mongabay
Nov 20, 2024, 4:46 am423 pts
At last month’s United Nations biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, the Brazilian delegation proposed an ambitious program: Under its newly revised initiative to restore native ecosystems, it would reforest 12 million hectares of land — about 30 million acres, or half the size of the U.K. — by 2030.…

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