The drive to reforest large swaths of the planet—a total area the size of India—also comes with risks such as displacing people, negatively impacting livelihood

The drive to reforest large swaths of the planet—a total area the size of India—also comes with risks such as displacing people, negatively impacting livelihoods with the loss of agricultural lands, and trading biodiversity for carbon gains with plantations. So, the added cost of designing projects and monitoring outcomes for more than just the number of trees and tons of carbon will be well worth it.