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Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2021-05-14

People have been planting trees to restock forests for a very long time. In the 16th century, for instance, wealthy landowners in Britain and Europe established tree plantations to supply timber for shipbuilding. In the 13th century, Portugal’s King Afonso III had a pine forest planted, known as the Pinhal do Rei, to hold back encroaching sand dunes (and provide timber for the royal navy).

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https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/is-planting-trees-as-good-for-the-earth-as-everyone-says/