Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

A.K. Skidmore; Tiejun Wang; C.A.J.M. de Bie; Petter  Pilesjö

doi:10.1126/science.aaz0111

Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

A.K. Skidmore^*, Tiejun Wang, C.A.J.M. de Bie, Petter Pilesjö

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Abstract

Bastin et al. (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) claim that 205 gigatonnes of carbon can be globally sequestered by restoring 0.9 billion hectares of forest and woodland canopy cover. Reinterpreting the data from Bastin et al., we show that the global land area actually required to sequester human-emitted CO2 is at least a factor of 3 higher, representing an unrealistically large area.

Original language	English
Article number	eaaz0111
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	366
Issue number	6469
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0111
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2019

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Skidmore, A. K., Wang, T., de Bie, C. A. J. M., & Pilesjö, P. (2019). Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”. Science, 366(6469), 1-3. [eaaz0111]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0111

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