
The Real Cost of Planting Trees
Careful monitoring and up-front investment are necessary to ensure reforestation efforts yield benefits for communities and biodiversity
Lauren E. Oakes is a conservation scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University, and the author of In Search of the Canary Tree (Basic Books, 2018); she works with Trillion Trees, a joint venture focused on improving forest protection and restoration practices.
Careful monitoring and up-front investment are necessary to ensure reforestation efforts yield benefits for communities and biodiversity
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