As you know, when you restore forests, you soak up CO2 from the atmosphere.
Beginning in the 1940s vast land reclamation was undertaken by Greece, Israel, Italy, Spain, and the Maghrib countries of North Africa to restore forests to the slopes laid bare by past abuse.
"Action to conserve, sustainably manage and restore forests can contribute to economic growth, poverty alleviation, rule of law, food security, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation".
Deliberate or prescribed burning was on the rise; the federal government today has a program to burn 20 million acres in the present decade to restore forest health.
But that included onetime appropriations of $566 million in emergency money to combat fires of last summer and to restore forest to some of the damaged areas.
The plan will try to restore forest health through controlled burns and some thinning, and try to get people who live in forested areas that are high-fire risks to clear the hazards near their homes, he said.
Management strategies to restore forest landscapes are often designed to concurrently reduce fire risk.
Fuel-reduction treatments are used extensively to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest diversity and function.
In short, there are more and worse fires and we have fewer resources — and dated ones at that — with which to restore forests after them.
Carbon trading systems can spur this clean energy transition, as well as restore forest and agricultural lands.
To restore abandoned ski slopes, therefore, we have to find out appropriate indicators to restore forest cover with low cost.
