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kleinbl00 · 1586 days ago · link · · parent · post: Can we sequester all of our C02 with trees? [Update: No]
Another way to look at it. The Amazon is 550 million hectares. It's 16% deforested. That means to restore the Amazon rainforest completely we need to plant 88 million hectares of trees. That's four and a half South Dakotas. And we need to do it soon.
user-inactivated · 1586 days ago · link ·
I'm feel it's really important to point out that it's a huge struggle to restore damaged biomes (I once heard a lecturer talk about how a restored prairie might have about a hundred different plant species at best, but a native prairie can literally have thousands) and while replanting trees is important, even more important is preventing further habitat loss. I mean, what's easier? Restoring an antique vase someone smashed with a hammer or putting said vase underneath hammer proof glass?