Lipstick on a Fig Tree

Why planting trees avoids the real problems (and may make things worse)
Thursday, 14th January 2021, 17:30 CET

Tree-planting dominates political and popular agendas, and is often portrayed as an easy answer to the climate crisis and effective mitigation for corporate carbon emissions.

However, it is not a simple solution and planting the wrong trees in the wrong place can cause considerably more damage than benefits, failing people and nature. What are a botanist’s rules of engagement in a rapidly changing world?

Speakers:

• Dean Meigan Aronson of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Science
• Patrick Lewis, Director of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
• Dr. Paul Smith, Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Conservation International
• Dr. Pedro Bancalion, Professor of Tropical Forestry at the University of São Paulo
• Lana Sutherland, CEO and Co-Founder of TEALEAVES

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Virtual World Biodiversity Forum, https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/

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