So the thing about trees is, there are right ways and wrong ways to plant them. It should be obvious that plantng a tree in a desert won’t just lead to a forest, but the same is true to a lesser degree in most locations. It is necessary to choose the right locations that will have water available, and good soil, and some other conditions for the trees to thrive.
Companies doing it will most likely just dump a bunch of seeds or saplings in an area that won’t support long term growth, claim the numbers, and then let the trees die off.
Planting trees has far greater benefits than just carbon capture.
At best they’re deluded, at worst its green washing with a side effect of free trees.
So the thing about trees is, there are right ways and wrong ways to plant them. It should be obvious that plantng a tree in a desert won’t just lead to a forest, but the same is true to a lesser degree in most locations. It is necessary to choose the right locations that will have water available, and good soil, and some other conditions for the trees to thrive.
Companies doing it will most likely just dump a bunch of seeds or saplings in an area that won’t support long term growth, claim the numbers, and then let the trees die off.
That is probably true.
Just “planting trees” can destroy local ecosystems too. Look what is happening with the Uruguayan native meadows transformed into forestry deserts.