I don't think the author suggested that planting trees is trivial. It might not be trivial, but it absolutely can be done. I think you are correct, though, th

I don't think the author suggested that planting trees is trivial. It might not be trivial, but it absolutely can be done. I think you are correct, though, that we want to avoid planting trees for the sake of it, and ending up with areas with inappropriate species devoid of much life.