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Other promising approaches include assisted natural regeneration, which involves supporting natural processes by eliminating competing grasses, preventing livestock grazing, or planting trees in strategic patches.
When Is Tree Planting Counterproductive?
The question remains: when is it misguided to plant trees? Programs that deploy the wrong species in unsuitable locations ultimately waste resources and fail to address deeper issues like persistent carbon emissions and active deforestation. Furthermore, if tree planting initiatives serve merely as a façade for companies and governments to engage in greenwashing, they are not contributing to the genuine efforts required for effective climate action.