When tree planting hurts the climate

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It's us, hi. We're the problem. It's us. Get better at solving problems with free access to Brilliant for 30 days: https://www.brilliant.org/simonclark Tree planting initiatives! Politicians, activists, and YouTubers love them, but the scientific literature is much more ambivalent. Failure rates are high. Damage is done to the local (and sometimes the global) environment. Is it possible to plant trees and have a positive impact? Absolutely! But there is another, arguably better way... Justdiggit: https://justdiggit.org/ REFERENCES 1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.12492 2. https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/WP20001.pdf 3. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/most-of-11m-trees-planted-in-turkish-project-may-be-dead 4. https://e360.yale.edu/features/phantom-forests-tree-planting-climate-change 5. https://www.wetlands.org/case-study/mangrove-restoration-to-plant-or-not-to-plant/ 6. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/9/938 7. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22679378/tree-planting-forest-restoration-climate-solutions 8. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba8232 9. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/local-water-availability-is-permanently-reduced-after-planting-forests 10. https://terravidaacademy.com/the-environmental-perils-of-monoculture-tree-planting-2/ 11. https://www.jamhoor.org/read/2018/2/8/marginalized-by-conservation-the-billion-trees-tsunami-project 12. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46577-1 13. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aax0848 14. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/11/947/5903754 15. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1372409/full 16. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba8232 PATREON You can support the channel by becoming a patron at http://www.patreon.com/simonoxfphys ---------- II ---------- More about me https://www.simonoxfphys.com/ My second channel - https://www.youtube.com/simonclarkerrata Threads - https://www.threads.net/@simonoxfphys Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/simonoxfphys Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark ---------- II ---------- Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Some stock footage courtesy of Getty. Edited by Luke Negus. When tree planting goes wrong. How can tree planting hurt the climate? Does planting trees help fix climate change? Will Team Trees actually help the climate? In this video I talk through how tree planting initiatives often fail and can damage the local and global environment. Fortunately scientists have worked out guidelines for such projects to follow to make a positive impact. Huge thanks to my supporters on Patreon: Norm Zemke, David Mann, Ben Thayer, Eric A Gentzler, Glen Monks, Daniel Chen, Gary Stark, dryfrog, Marcus Bosshard, Peter Reid, bitreign33 . Bastian Pranzas, Lucas Johnston, Jeffry ., Whitefang, Marius Kießling, Jon Arlov, Pawel Piwek, Matze, Artem Plotnikov, Paul H and Linda L, Dan Sherman, Andy Hartley. Claudia Kapp, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Baerbel Winkler, OldGreyWolf, Oscar Hoffmann, Steamrollerman , Andy Parr, Ricky Jones, Guy Markey, Nicholas Hamdorf, Katharina Hartmuth, Mark Phillips, Jor Eero Raico Svederic, KJ Xiao, Martin Sinclair, Matt Beer DFC, Tschäff Reisberg, Tobias Ahsbahs, James Gaskell, Denis Kovachev, Michael Thomas, Victor Gordan, Joona Mäkinen, Tanner , Dominik Rihak, Nico Casal, Laura Glismann, Mark Harper, Ryan, Inten, Tyler Schwartz, John, James Haigh, Rick Kenny, Bailey Cook, Sergio Diaz, Command Chat, Aisolon, Christopher Mullin, I'm stuck in a PhD and I blame Simon., Joseph , Nicklas Kulp, Thomas Newman, Anže Cesar, Josef Probst, Kevin B, Phineas, Ishaan Shah, AngryPanda, Circuitrinos, Mark Richardson, Brian Moss, Hampus Sandell, Thomas Miller, Knut Nesheim, Dajeni, AYS , Forever Bulking, Kim Parnset, Crisan Talpes, Ted CLAY, Mike, Seb Stott, xawt, Diederik Jekel, Fuzzy Leapfrog, Jan-Willem Goedmakers, Samat Galimov, Ashley Hauck, Nico, Thibault , GGH, FireFerretDann, Ciotka Cierpienia, Sam, szigyi, Marcin Wrochna, Tom Painter, Phil Saici, Tom Marsh, Ashley Steel, Simone, Tomás Garnier Artiñano, Steffan , Adam Gillard, Christopher Hall, Miguel Cabrera Brufau, Sylvus , Florian Thie, James Gurney, Eddy Torres, Clemens, Andy Giesen, Jacob Speelman, Robin Anne McDuff, Jean-Marc Giffin, Cifer, Felix Winkler, Christian Weckner, Quinn Sinclair, Ebraheem Farag, Thomas Charbonnel, Sekhalis, Mark Moore, Philipp Legner, Zoey O'Neill, Justin Warren, Heijde, Trevor Berninger, streetlights, Gabriele Siino, David Mccann, Leonard Neamtu, James Leadbetter, Rapssack, Matthew Powell, Adrian Sand, Morten Engsvang, Haris Karimjee, Alex, The Cairene on Caffeine, Cody VanZandt, Casandra “Kalamity Kas” Toledo, Igor Francetic, Daniel Irwin, Sean Richards, Michael B., Thusto , Lachlan Woods, Dan Hanvey, Andrea De Mezzo, Real Engineering.