Roadmap to protect Africa’s savannas from flawed reforestation thinking

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Global climate maps wrongly mark Africa’s vast savannas as ‘degraded’ lands in need of trees.

This forest-first thinking risks damaging some of the planet’s richest ecosystems.

Latest research shows that true reforestation potential is far smaller than once imagined – and that protecting savannas may be as important as planting trees.

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