Reforestation Fights Climate Change...Every Tree Counts!

In 2005 Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Carnegie Institution produced a study that concluded that reforestation has limited value in efforts to decelerate the warming of the planet.

Reforestation is not only a “viable option”; it is our “only option”. Investing in future technologies to reduce emissions does NOTHING to remove the CO2 that we have already dumped into the atmosphere. There is only ONE viable and proven way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and that is through the growth of trees and vegetation.

SOURCE: EcoPreservation Society

The Eco Prservation Society feels strongly to the contrary -- they find that a long-term effort at sequestering carbon is vital and that reforestation is the only means presently at our disposal.

By the study’s author’s own admission, the Lawrence Livermore study was predicated on an unrealistic scenario. The modeling was based on the single metric of replacing 100% of ALL grasslands and 100% of ALL croplands with evergreen trees! The modeling techniques did not take into account geological variations, topographical variations, altitude, regional weather patterns or microclimates. What the Lawrence Livermore study accomplishes is nothing more than a broad approximation based on a single variable, with that single variable being latitude.

However, according to Kevin Peterson, CEO of EcoPreservation, "from our view this is not an either/or proposition when comparing Emission Reductions to Carbon Sequestration, both are vitally important. It is of critical importance that we both reduce our emissions and reduce the amount of additional CO2 that we have added (and will continue to add for the next 20 or 30 years) to the atmosphere."

The earth is reaching, if it hasn't already, a tipping point in which natural systems are so damaged that it cannot replenish and restore itself. It will take action on many fronts -- reduction of carbon emissions from transportation and building, as well as reforestation, cooling urban centers...AS WELL AS replenishing our reduced forests, ocean phytoplankton...and even grass cover in deserts and plains. Every action will help speed the recovery of our natural systems. So...plant a tree, some shrubs, and remove your manicured llawn -- you can make a difference.

PROBLEM:  Climate change is  reducing earth's self-restoration systems

SOLUTION:  Take multiple actions to reduce climate change, air pollution and water shortages by planting and caring for mature trees; as well as reducing travel that causes carbon dioxide and emissions.