Professor Brendan Mackey

Griffith Climate Change Response Program, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University

Sciences & Technology

Planting trees is no substitute for natural forests

Allowing degraded natural forests to re-grow is a more effective, immediate and low-cost method for removing and storing atmospheric carbon than planting new trees

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