Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon

@article{Lewis2019RestoringNF,
  title={Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon},
  author={Simon L. Lewis and Charlotte E. Wheeler and Edward T. A. Mitchard and Alexander Koch},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2019},
  volume={568},
  pages={25-28},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:91190309}
}
Plans to triple the area of plantations will not meet 1.5 °C climate goals. New natural forests can, argue Simon L. Lewis, Charlotte E. Wheeler and colleagues.Plans to triple the area of plantations…
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