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UK tree-planting push could offset farming footprint study
2016-01-12 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: British scientists have worked out how to turn agricultural land which currently produces 10% of the nations greenhouse gas emissions into a carbon sink that soaks up carbon dioxide. The answer is simple: take more land out of food production, restore natural habitats, and allow forests to grow again. If, in the next 35 years, the UK increased forest cover from 12% to 30%, and surrendered 700,000 hectares to revert to peat bog, that would be enough to meet government ambitions to reduce...
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