From deforestation to renewal: Why reforestation isn’t just about trees

Mongabay
Jul 20, 2025, 5:49 pm101 ptsTrending
Reforestation has long been viewed as one of the more hopeful climate interventions: a process that can, in theory, restore degraded landscapes, absorb carbon dioxide, and support biodiversity. But as sociologist Thomas Rudel makes clear, the return of forests is rarely a passive process. His decades of…

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