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Encouraging planting trees will sequester carbon and conserve habitat [1]

Rewarding landowners for converting farmland into forest will be key to sequestering carbon and providing wildlife habitat, according to a new study by Oregon State University and collaborators.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2014
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Carbon Dioxide [4], Wildlife [5], Afforestation [6], Land Use [7]
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