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When Tree Planting Goes Wrong

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:

  • Afforestation: the process of introducing trees and tree seedlings to an area that has previously not been forested.
  • Carbon sequestration: a process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form.
  • Ecological restoration: the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
  • Moor: wet, upland habitats characterized by low-growing shrubs, grasses, bog-mosses, and damp, peaty soils.

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