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Supporting better forest landscape restoration by making investor funding for tree planting conditional on an adequate explanation of how tree seeds and seedlings will be sourced

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Massive public and private investments in tree planting are being made in attempts to sequester carbon, support human livelihoods and conserve biodiversity. As the above quote attests, however, tree planting is often done poorly. From a social perspective, the requirements of the different institutions and actors involved, including especially the needs of local communities, are not always properly considered.

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892923000188
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