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Summary: Monoculture tree planting can actually degrade the environment. Reforestation of a natural forest environment is good. If planting x trees is an incen
by gregwebs 5y ago
Summary: Monoculture tree planting can actually degrade the environment. Reforestation of a natural forest environment is good.
If planting x trees is an incentivized metric you can end up with most of the trees dieing or with a monoculture forest that degrades the land.
- vondur 5y agoYeah, I haven’t looked at the article, but I remember the Chinese did exactly that when trying to fight desertification that’s approaching Beijing. I think most of the trees are dead now.