“If we want to control climate change, there is really only one answer… we have to cut emissions,” he added by phone. Environmentalists say protecting existing forests and restoring damaged ones prevents flooding, stores planet-warming carbon, limits climate change and protects biodiversity. Problems were also encountered with the initial study’s inclusion of pasture land, currently being used for livestock farming, as potential reforestation areas, it added. Luedeling and his colleagues nonetheless welcomed the idea of ​​rewilding land where possible because of the enormous benefits to ecosystems. “But it can only be one building block in a comprehensive strategy to avoid catastrophic climate change.” (Reporting by Michael Taylor //news.trust.org)

Source: National Post October 22, 2019 10:41 UTC