A global effort is underway to restore more than 350 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by bringing together reforestation commitments under the Bonn Challenge. Molly Hawes investigates the benefits and complexities of returning land to forest.
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Hawes, M. Planting carbon storage. Nature Clim Change 8, 556–558 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0214-x
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