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Can we cut carbon dioxide levels by simply planting more trees?

How would the world go about cutting carbon dioxide levels by 25 per cent without shutting down industry? Scientists are suggesting something quite straight-forward – plant more trees. A report says this reduction could be achieved by increasing the amount of forest across the globe, with an extra 500 billion trees.

ABC – The World Today – July 5th, 2019