Afforestation falls short as a biodiversity strategy
Susana Gómez‐González, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Juli G. Pausas
Abstract
The recent EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognizes the importance of biodiversity for increasing our resilience to natural disasters and pandemics and, thus, for human well-being. Although it proposes ambitious measures such as reversing pollinator decline and controlling invasive species, it also introduces the illadvised idea of planting 3 billion trees.
Topics & Concepts
AfforestationBiodiversityEnvironmental scienceBusinessAgroforestryEnvironmental planningEcologyBiologyForest Management and PolicyForest ecology and managementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies