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Africa: Global Tree Pledge Frenzy Threatens Ancient Grasslands
SciDev.Net, 7 July 2020
Grassy ecosystems are under fire. Aisling Irwin investigates the world's booming tree campaigns. Read more »
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Africa: Planting Trees Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis
New Frame, 24 March 2020
South African scientists say African governments have been misled into massive tree planting schemes by the Global North misreading Africa's grasslands. Megafires and drought… Read more »
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Africa: What Would It Really Take to Plant a Trillion Trees?
UNEP, 23 August 2019
Tree planting is capturing the minds of those who look for fast climate action. Earlier this month, the Ethiopian Government announced a new world record: thousands of volunteers… Read more »
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Africa: When Tree Planting Actually Damages Ecosystems
The Conversation Africa, 26 July 2019
Tree planting has been widely promoted as a solution to climate change, because plants absorb the climate-warming gases from Earth's atmosphere as they grow. World leaders have… Read more »