There is some interesting research* showing that deforested soils take more than a thousand years to rebuild their carbon sequestering ability. So even if there

There is some interesting research* showing that deforested soils take more than a thousand years to rebuild their carbon sequestering ability. So even if there are more trees, we may have done long term damage to the environment: https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/169969-peter-douglas/posts/37781-the-ancient-maya-and-soil-carbon https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/169969-peter-... Paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0192-7.epdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0192-7.epdf * I should disclose that I know the person doing this research!