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The results have been more controversial and less effective than climate advocates hoped.

Since 2019, the country has added some 175,000 hectares of tree plantations, almost all the fast-growing, carbon-sucking Pinus radiata pine

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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The result of a project linking incentives for forestry development and emissions trading turned out to be less effective than hoped.

Of all the solutions for a warming world, "plant more trees" seems pretty obvious.

The results have been more controversial and less effective than climate advocates hoped.

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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says complex and costly environmental rules can be ineffective