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Takeaways:
- A study was conducted to determine how many trees the Earth could support.
- The first study of its kind found that increasing the area the size of the United States could be restored as forests with the potential of erasing nearly 100 years of carbon emissions.
- The results also indicated that large-scale CO2 removal through reforestation is imperative to remove emissions.
- The best place for reforestation is in Africa as the continent provides the best carbon, water, wildlife and is the least costly and risky place to reforest.