by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Forest restoration offsets only a minority share of CO2 emissions<\/strong> associated with deforestation, according to a research published in March 2023<\/a> in the journal Nature and conducted by the University of Bristol and Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The study used data from the Climate Change Initiative of ESA<\/strong>, the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n The researchers showed how degraded forests<\/strong> and restoration-prone areas in the tropics remove at least 107 million tons of carbon<\/strong> from the atmosphere each year. This amount, an ESA statement<\/a> says, equals, by comparison, half of South America’s annual fossil fuel emissions. But it is not enough to make up for the overall damage caused by deforestation.<\/p>\n