Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"
(2019) In Science (New York, N.Y.) 366(6469).- 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.
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- Skidmore, Andrew K. LU ; Wang, Tiejun LU ; de Bie, Kees and Pilesjö, Petter LU
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- 2019-11-29
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- Science (New York, N.Y.)
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- 366
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- 6469
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- eaaz0111
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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- scopus:85075794615
- pmid:31780528
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- 1095-9203
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- 10.1126/science.aaz0111
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- English
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