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id="post-7218" class="post-7218 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-global category-initiatives category-updates"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="imageleft"><img width="534" height="407" src="https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Forest-management-c-Ollivier-Girard-CIFOR-e1600709405553.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Forest-management-c-Ollivier-Girard-CIFOR-e1600709405553.jpg 534w, https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Forest-management-c-Ollivier-Girard-CIFOR-e1600709405553-300x229.jpg 300w, https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Forest-management-c-Ollivier-Girard-CIFOR-e1600709405553-150x114.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px" /></div> <h1 class="entry-title listing">Afforestation & Reforestation: Restoring trees to ecologically suitable landscapes</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/blog/2021/09/21/afforestation-and-reforestation-restoring-trees-to-ecologically-suitable-landscapes/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-09-21T10:15:11-07:00">September 21, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-07-12T13:22:20-07:00">July 12, 2022</time></a></span>. </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Afforestation, reforestation and other practices that restore trees to landscapes offer relatively low-cost carbon removal opportunities that are ready to implement. 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