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Plans to plant billions of trees threatened by massive undersupply of seedlings

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plans to plant billions of trees threatened by massive undersupply of seedlings
plans to plant billions of trees threatened by massive undersupply of seedlings

Major government and private funding is being invested in planting trees as a powerful tool to fight climate change. But new research shows a troubling bottleneck that could threaten these efforts: U.S. tree nurseries don’t grow close to enough trees–nor have the species diversity needed–to meet ambitious planting and restoration goals.

Source: ScienceDaily.com