Ambitious tree planting goals in Asia lack diverse tree seeds from native species
- Written by Ennia Bosshard, PhD candidate at the Centre of Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Four Asian countries – the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India – aim to restore 47.5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. This is roughly equal to the size of Sumatra, Indonesia’s third biggest island.
Achieving these ambitious restoration targets in the four megadiverse countries alone could contribute to...