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Agriculture
Forest Protection
Why Saving a Forest Beats Planting One
Forests store carbon, move water, cool landscapes and shelter an extraordinary share of the world's biodiversity. Protecting mature forests is faster and more effective than trying to replace them later. We look at the forces driving deforestation and the solutions to keep trees standing, including satellite monitoring, law enforcement, indigenous stewardship, protected areas and cleaner supply chains for food, timber and other commodities.
(Illustrated guide coming soon)
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How this solution scores
- Impact5 / 5Forests hold immense carbon. Protecting and restoring them helps keep it locked away.
- Speed5 / 5A protected forest keeps its carbon, and reforestation can start now.
- Cost4 / 5Cheap compared with most solutions, but still needs funding.
- Readiness5 / 5Needs no new technology, only enforcement and finance.
- Nature5 / 5Protecting and restoring forests supports some of the richest and most diverse habitats on land
