How we get tree planting wrong | It’s Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over the centuries. But large-scale tree planting is not helping, and in some cases it’s creating more problems for the environment. Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses how we’ve been getting tree planting wrong, and what we should be doing instead to safeguard precious ecosystems and reduce greenhouse gases Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► How soil offers hope for the climate crisis ► Can we really solve the climate crisis by planting trees? (part one) – podcast ► Can we really solve the climate crisis by planting trees? (part two) – podcast ►