SINGAPORE - Reforestation has been touted as a relatively quick and easy fix for dealing with climate change, with plans afoot both in Singapore and around the world to harness the cooling and oxygen-giving power of the humble tree.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Reforestation has been touted as a relatively quick and easy fix for dealing with climate change, with plans afoot both in Singapore and around the world to harness the cooling and oxygen-giving power of the humble tree.
Now, a team of scientists, including researchers from Singapore, have for the first time mapped out just how much land can be reforested in South-east Asia after taking into account the trade-offs and financial constraints. The moderate and high cost scenarios also took into consideration"hidden" costs, such as how reforesting lands could compromise the livelihoods, food security and land rights of indigenous communities.
The study's lead author, Dr Zeng Yiwen, a post-doctoral fellow from the National University of Singapore , said the study had focused on South-east Asia as the region has the capacity to implement nature-based climate solutions on a large-scale. And while there is no one solution to reducing opportunity costs, solutions could include developing alternative incomes for farmers, or for countries to contribute to other financial mechanisms to protect forests, said Dr Zeng.During the World Economic Forum in January this year, for example, a"one trillion tree" initiative was launched to urge governments, companies and grassroots organisations to plant new trees and avoid deforestation.
But trees have the unique ability to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide in a process known as photosynthesis, which locks the carbon in tree biomass such as trunks and roots, and produces oxygen that nourishes all other living things on the planet.
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