How we manage the regrowth of destroyed forests can make a huge dent in capturing Carbon Dioxide

Just about everyone understands the importance of trees, and many increasingly wonder how long our Planet can sustain massive deforestation. Not enough focus, however, has taken place on what to do when we try to re-forest areas where humans have cut down massive populations of trees.

Trees, nature’s carbon-absorbing mini-factories, work tirelessly at taking carbon dioxide from the air. Every tree counts. So does what we do to create methods to regenerate damaged forests.

In 2018, California alone lost 18 million trees, according to a Vox.com on February 15, 2019. The data for that report was collected by the U.S. Forest Service. That’s just a small sample of what is happening worldwide.

On June 2, 2020, the World Resources Institute reported we lost a football patch of primary rainforest every 6 seconds in the year 2019.

In this report from the Climate News Network on August 20, 2020, journalist Tim Radford reveals it is not just allowing forests to grow back, but how we manage the regeneration of forests that can help in a significant way in the battle against Carbon Dioxide.