REDD can only be successful with reforestation

Opinion February 22, 2010

Reforestation is the key to fighting deforestation in developing countries, writes Mads Asprem. Tree planting is a prerequisite for the success of REDD, and carbon financing is needed to stimulate the expansion of industrial tree plantations in Africa.

Mads Asprem is Managing Director of Green Resources.

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