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Reforestation is a hot topic at the moment. But while we know that trees help store the carbon damaging our planet, is planting millions of new ones really the answer?

We explore how monoculture plantations can harm the environment, and introduce an innovative project in Kenya that safeguards local forests and benefits the population.

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Script: Eleanor Updegraff
Editor: Mathias Muckenhuber
Producer: Eva Schmidt
Motion Graphics: Mathias Muckenhuber
Voice-Over: Julian Nightingall
Audiomix: Hubert Weninger

Footage:
ClimatePartner GmbH
Pond5
Reuters
Suvendu Raturi and Filip Agoo/Everland Marketing
Terra Mater factual Studios

💡 Scientific sources:

TC 00:38-01:17
Trees help tackle climate change
by European Environment Agency
https://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/forests-health-and-climate-change/key-facts/trees-help-tackle-climate-change

Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year
by World Resources Institute
https://www.wri.org/insights/forests-absorb-twice-much-carbon-they-emit-each-year

Young Forests Capture Carbon Quicker than Previously Thought
by World Resources Institute
https://www.wri.org/insights/young-forests-capture-carbon-quicker-previously-thought

Trees cool the land surface temperature of cities by up to 12°C
by NewScientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298675-trees-cool-the-land-surface-temperature-of-cities-by-up-to-12c/#ixzz7DJqgs3dj

TC 02:07-02:17
What is the Relationship Between Deforestation And Climate Change? by Rainforest Alliance
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/what-is-the-relationship-between-deforestation-and-climate-change/

Measuring Carbon Emissions from Tropical Deforestation
by EDF
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/10333_Measuring_Carbon_Emissions_from_Tropical_Deforestation–An_Overview.pdf

TC 02:42-02:57
Poorly designed tree-planting campaigns could do more harm than good, according to Stanford researcher and others
by Stanford News
https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/22/planting-trees-threatens-forest/

TC 03:07-03:11
Forests Absorb Twice as Much Carbon as They Emit Each Year
by Global Forest Watch, Quantifying Carbon Fluxes in Forests | Global Forest Watch Blog
https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/climate/forests-carbon-emissions-sink-flux/

🌳 Video Sources Kasigau Wildlife Corridor Project

When A Tree Stands
by ClimatePartner GmbH
https://youtu.be/FOs5pnnF-eU

Wildlife Works and Everland reducing emissions from deforestation | Kasigau, Kenya
by Everland Marketing/Suvendu Raturi and Filip Agoo
https://youtu.be/zeFit2zlW3k

🔗 further Video sources:

TC 00:09-00:10, 00:15-00:17, 01:33-01:43, 04:24-04:30, 00:07:-07:41
Planting 20,000,000 Trees, My Biggest Project Ever!
by Mr. Beast
https://youtu.be/HPJKxAhLw5I

TC 01:26-01:33
IUCN Bonn Challenge 2020 Milestone Event: promo video
by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMU9GyOXT0E />
TC 01:21-01:26
Trillion Trees Vision
by Trillion Trees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGcZ3qUC8c />
TC 01:50-02:05
Our Forests | Timelapse in Google Earth
by Google Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eLTYUcj7k />
TC 00:03-00:05
Killing the Amazon: How the rainforest is faring under deforestation
by ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5VGb_Izus />
TC 00:06-00:07
How Is Climate Change Related to the Amazon Forest Fires? | CNN Interview with Tom Crowther
by Crowther Lab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSma6GJwmv4 />
TC 00:13-00:14
BBC World News | Combating Deforestation – Interview with Dr. Fitch
by Eden Reforestation Projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDccWVALGdE />
TC 00:14-00:15
EURACTIV and Life Terra Foundation – Planting trees in Brussels forest with RFSB
by EURACTIV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrdlBGfY-g />
TC 00:20-00:23
Press statement by President Ursula von der Leyen on the European Green Deal
by European Commission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhl-YBhNFkA />
TC 00:02-00:03
The European Green Deal: Visionary policy or empty promises? | DW News
by DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBU48JHJ-4M />
TC 00:12-00:13
Europe’s plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent | Ursula von der Leyen
by TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHMYl70ibHQ />

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