Original paper
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W. R. Moomaw, S. A. Masino, E. K. Faison, Intact forests in the United States: Proforestation mitigates climate change and serves the greatest good.
Frontiers for Forests Global Change 2, 27 (2019).
News Release:
Growing existing forests essential in mitigating global crises
Posted on August 13, 2019 in Environmental Sustainability Featured News
- In August 2019, an IPCC Special Report titled “Climate Change and Land” identified land use as a major driver of and a major solution to the climate crisis.
- A piece in The Conversation referred to the IPCC Special Report and highlighted the importance of natural forests and proforestation.
https://theconversation.com/want-to-beat-climate-change-protect-our-natural-forests-121491
Additional news and references:
- J. F. Bastin et al., The global tree restoration potential. Science 365, 76-79 (2019)
- NOTE: Growing forests is more powerful than planting trees. We do not know how to plant a forest!
- Dankosky, John. “Episode 156: The Confusing Tangle of Immigration Law; Hunting for Old Growth Forests”. New England News Collaborative. Forest starts at 17 minutes.
- “Enviro Show Proforestation Interview With Susan Masino”. The Enviro Show. June 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- Moomaw, William; Leverett, Bob; Jonas, Robert; Leverett, Monica (July 24, 2019). “How to fight climate change? Save existing forests”. Daily Hampshire Gazette.
News release from Trinity College:
- Bill McKibben clarified that biomass is not carbon neutral and highlights proforestation in an article in the New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/dont-burn-trees-to-fight-climate-changelet-them-grow
- Symposium at Harvard Forest
https://harvardforest2.fas.harvard.edu/asp/hf/php/symposium/symposium_abstract_view.php?id=4837