Report: Nearly 59M ha of forests has been regenerated through conservation programs since 2000

An area of forest the size of France has regrown around the world over the past 20 years, showing that regeneration in some places is paying off, a new analysis has found.

Nearly 59m hectares of forests have regrown since 2000, the research found, providing the potential to soak up and store 5.9 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide – more than the annual emissions of the entire US.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/11/forest-size-of-france-regrown-worldwide

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