Tag: Forests

Nearly 59 million hectares of forests – an area larger than France – has regrown since 2000, according to new analysis published today by Trillion Trees – a joint venture between WWF, BirdLife International and WCS. This area of forest has the potential to store the equivalent of 5.9 gigatonnes of CO2 – more than the annual emissions of the US. The study points to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil as one of the success stories for regeneration, where an estimated 4.2 million hectares – an area roughly the size of the Netherlands – has regrown since 2000, through a combination of planned projects ... Read more