Reforestation: Impact on Climate
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Humans are clearing Earth's forests to make way for development, agriculture, and other uses - this can have severe consequences for our environment. Learn the value of large-scale forest landscapes and their role in the carbon cycle. Discover how reforestation can impact climate change by decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What is your role in helping to keep nature strong?
The video describes a few reforestation projects that are taking place in China. The narrator states that "trees are often far more valuable standing, than cut and converted." Describe the ways that people are benefiting from reforestation projects.
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