A new initiative in Brazil seeks to pair forest restoration with timber production.
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The project will plant, conserve and restore nearly 275,000 hectares (741,000 acres) of degraded land in South America, capturing 32 million metric tons of climate-warming carbon.
It’s easy to form a snap judgment about planting non-native plantations anywhere outside their range. But this is a very serious commitment to improve the way we manage nature within private properties — it’s a model for the future.