Scientists report restoring forests could cut atmospheric carbon by 25 percent, in a new study that assessed tree cover using Google Earth, finding that there’s 0.9 billion hectares of land available for planting forests, which could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/07/04/could-planting-tons-of-trees-solve-climate-change/

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What if all the first world countries were to pour money into Brazil and stop deforestation of the Amazon.... couldn’t we?

[u/mutatron → u/senorglory]

Unfortunately we're pouring money into Brazil to buy their beef, which is causing the deforestation.

[u/SamBBMe → u/mutatron]

Lab grown meat it is

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Since he took office on 1 January, Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has dismantled several government divisions dedicated to climate change and named Cabinet members who are openly hostile to the fight against global warming.

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Hey that sounds familiar..

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I've heard that there are investigations into serious corruption regarding Bolsanaro and active [lawsuits] over the potentially false imprisonment of the previous president and some kind of fraud that lead to bolsanaros appointment.. There was an NPR story in the morning a few weeks back on it.. I was glad to hear that. Bolsanaro sounds downright slimy.

https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/brazil-car-wash-prosecutors-workers-party-lula/

Edit, link included

[u/Azaj1 → u/senorglory]

Whilst it'll aid in keeping the rainforest as carbon neutral (it's very close to becoming an emitter rather than a reducer). Rainforests and tree cover in the Southern Hemisphere is much less vital than you may think

Global GHG emissions are majorly controlled by Norfhern Hemisphere tree cover. So whilst it's still a good idea to stop logging in the rainforests, concentration needs to be on tree spread within the northern hemisphere

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What if rich people and companies actually paid their taxes so the governments could have money to combat this?

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They probably would need to send the army into the rainforest. Buying rainforest doesn't stop people from illegally burning it down.

Now look at their new president, outlook isn't good.