Comment on "The global tree restoration potential". Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Bastin et al's estimate (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) that tree planting for climate change mitigation could sequester 205 gigatonnes of carbon is approximately five times too large. Their analysis inflated soil organic carbon gains, failed to safeguard against warming from trees at high latitudes and elevations, and considered afforestation of savannas, grasslands, and shrublands to be restoration.

published proceedings

  • Science

altmetric score

  • 844.69

author list (cited authors)

  • Veldman, J. W., Aleman, J. C., Alvarado, S. T., Anderson, T. M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., ... Zaloumis, N. P.

citation count

  • 153

complete list of authors

  • Veldman, Joseph W||Aleman, Julie C||Alvarado, Swanni T||Anderson, T Michael||Archibald, Sally||Bond, William J||Boutton, Thomas W||Buchmann, Nina||Buisson, Elise||Canadell, Josep G||Dechoum, Michele de Sá||Diaz-Toribio, Milton H||Durigan, Giselda||Ewel, John J||Fernandes, G Wilson||Fidelis, Alessandra||Fleischman, Forrest||Good, Stephen P||Griffith, Daniel M||Hermann, Julia-Maria||Hoffmann, William A||Le Stradic, Soizig||Lehmann, Caroline ER||Mahy, Gregory||Nerlekar, Ashish N||Nippert, Jesse B||Noss, Reed F||Osborne, Colin P||Overbeck, Gerhard E||Parr, Catherine L||Pausas, Juli G||Pennington, R Toby||Perring, Michael P||Putz, Francis E||Ratnam, Jayashree||Sankaran, Mahesh||Schmidt, Isabel B||Schmitt, Christine B||Silveira, Fernando AO||Staver, A Carla||Stevens, Nicola||Still, Christopher J||Strömberg, Caroline AE||Temperton, Vicky M||Varner, J Morgan||Zaloumis, Nicholas P

publication date

  • October 2019