Editing Reforestation (section)

=== Climate change mitigation ===

{{see also|Deforestation and climate change}}There are four primary ways in which reforestation and reducing [[deforestation]] can increase [[carbon sequestration]] and thus help with climate change mitigation. First, by increasing the volume of existing forest. Second, by increasing the carbon density of existing forests at a stand and landscape scale.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Paul W. |last2=Jump |first2=Alistair S. |date=2023-03-21 |title=Edible fungi crops through mycoforestry, potential for carbon negative food production and mitigation of food and forestry conflicts |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=120 |issue=12 |pages=e2220079120 |bibcode=2023PNAS..12020079T |doi=10.1073/pnas.2220079120 |doi-access=free |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=10041105 |pmid=36913576}}</ref> Third, by expanding the use of forest products that will sustainably replace fossil-fuel emissions. Fourth, by reducing carbon emissions that are caused from deforestation and degradation.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Canadell JG, Raupach MR |year=2008 |title=Managing Forests for Climate Change |journal=Science |volume=320 |issue=5882 |pages=1456–7 |bibcode=2008Sci...320.1456C |citeseerx=10.1.1.573.5230 |doi=10.1126/science.1155458 |pmid=18556550 |s2cid=35218793}}</ref>
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