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Research shows advisability of replanting conifer forests sooner rather than later after wildfires
Paying people to replant tropical forests and letting them harvest the timber can pay off
Billions have been raised to restore forests, with little success—here's the missing ingredient
In fact, Ostrom's work on the commons in forests, fishing grounds and grazing pastures shows that communities tend to protect and sustainably use common resources—provided they have rights, tenure, and the ability to decide rules for managing them
Solar panels vs Forests: Which delivers faster results?3–4 minutes
Solar Panels for solar energy system from sunimage: @Dontstop | iStockA study suggests that photovoltaic fields are more efficient than afforestation in migrating global climate change
restoring forests where they would naturally exist if not for humans, either by allowing degraded woodlands to regrow or by reforesting denuded areas, but excludes areas vital to agriculture or already turned into cities.
Reaching the world's full potential for restoration would draw out an estimated 226 gigatonnes of excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - or roughly one-third the amount added to the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, the research finds.
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