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US forest management strategies may negatively impact carbon sequestration, study warns

Published 17:34 on November 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:34 on November 21, 2023  /  Americas, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Tree-planting initiatives to increase CO2 sequestration, as part of forest management strategies supported by recent US legislation, may not offset the carbon emitted from related efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires, a new study warns.
Tree-planting initiatives to increase CO2 sequestration, as part of forest management strategies supported by recent US legislation, may not offset the carbon emitted from related efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires, a new study warns.


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