Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

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Authors

  • Joseph W. Veldman
  • Julie C. Aleman
  • Swanni T. Alvarado
  • T. Michael Anderson
  • Sally Archibald
  • William J. Bond
  • Thomas W. Boutton
  • Nina Buchmann
  • Elise Buisson
  • Josep G. Canadell
  • Michele de Sá Dechoum
  • Milton H. Diaz-Toribio
  • Giselda Durigan
  • John J. Ewel
  • G. Wilson Fernandes
  • Alessandra Fidelis
  • Forrest Fleischman
  • Stephen P. Good
  • Daniel M. Griffith
  • Julia-Maria Hermann
  • William A. Hoffmann
  • Soizig Le Stradic
  • Caroline E. R. Lehmann
  • Gregory Mahy
  • Ashish N. Nerlekar
  • Jesse B. Nippert
  • Reed F. Noss
  • Colin P. Osborne
  • Gerhard E. Overbeck
  • Catherine L. Parr
  • Juli G. Pausas
  • R. Toby Pennington
  • Michael P. Perring
  • Francis E. Putz
  • Jayashree Ratnam
  • Mahesh Sankaran
  • Isabel B. Schmidt
  • Christine B. Schmitt
  • Fernando A. O. Silveira
  • A. Carla Staver
  • Nicola Stevens
  • Christopher J. Still
  • Caroline A. E. Strömberg
  • J. Morgan Varner
  • Nicholas P. Zaloumis
Bastin et al.’s estimate (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) that tree planting for climate change mitigation could sequester 205 gigatonnes of carbon is approximately five times too large. Their analysis inflated soil organic carbon gains, failed to safeguard against warming from trees at high latitudes and elevations, and considered afforestation of savannas, grasslands, and shrublands to be restoration.
Original languageEnglish
Article number7976
JournalScience
Volume366
Issue number6463
Number of pages4
ISSN0036-8075
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18.10.2019

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