I saw a few of those articles or summaries. There are some disputes over exactly how much tree planting can ‘offset’ (or reverse) climate change, but the magnitude even in those disputes looks to be similar to cutting back on meat based and industrial agriculture diets . The main problem is political—clearing forests for meat, soy and palm oil, corn and cotton, is a big business.
there are even some people who say ‘habitat preservation’ (eg rainforests) is a bad idea because then you have alot of suffering animals living in them, who would be happier not being born.
i am in contact with a few groups in Africa who apparently quite busy planting trees (since I haven’t been there i can’t verify this, except from what they send me). My view is ‘precautionary’ or ‘prevention’ principles—avoid as much as possible deforestation and consumption of products that rely on it.
I saw a few of those articles or summaries. There are some disputes over exactly how much tree planting can ‘offset’ (or reverse) climate change, but the magnitude even in those disputes looks to be similar to cutting back on meat based and industrial agriculture diets . The main problem is political—clearing forests for meat, soy and palm oil, corn and cotton, is a big business.
there are even some people who say ‘habitat preservation’ (eg rainforests) is a bad idea because then you have alot of suffering animals living in them, who would be happier not being born.
i am in contact with a few groups in Africa who apparently quite busy planting trees (since I haven’t been there i can’t verify this, except from what they send me). My view is ‘precautionary’ or ‘prevention’ principles—avoid as much as possible deforestation and consumption of products that rely on it.