Editing Reforestation (section)

=== Forest plantations ===
Plantation forests cover about 131 million ha, which is 3 percent of the global forest area and 45 percent of the total area of planted forests.<ref name="GFRA2020"/>

Over 90% of the world's forests regenerate organically, and more than half are covered by forest management plans or equivalents.<ref name=":107">{{Cite book |last=Bank |first=European Investment |url=https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20220173-forests-at-the-heart-of-sustainable-development |title=Forests at the heart of sustainable development: Investing in forests to meet biodiversity and climate goals |date=2022-12-08 |publisher=European Investment Bank |isbn=978-92-861-5403-4 |language=EN}}</ref><ref name=":108">{{Cite web |last=Martin |title=Forests, desertification and biodiversity |url=https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/biodiversity/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=United Nations Sustainable Development |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Reforestation Praslin 1.jpg|thumb|An image of a reforestation site in Praslin]]
Globally, planted forests increased from 4.1% to 7.0% of the total forest area between 1990 and 2015.<ref name="Payn, T. 2015">{{Cite journal |last1=Payn |first1=Tim |last2=Carnus |first2=Jean-Michel |last3=Freer-Smith |first3=Peter |last4=Kimberley |first4=Mark |last5=Kollert |first5=Walter |last6=Liu |first6=Shirong |last7=Orazio |first7=Christophe |last8=Rodriguez |first8=Luiz |last9=Silva |first9=Luis Neves |last10=Wingfield |first10=Michael J. |date=2015 |title=Changes in planted forests and future global implications |journal=Forest Ecology and Management |volume=352 |pages=57–67 |doi=10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.021 |issn=0378-1127|doi-access=free |bibcode=2015ForEM.352...57P }}</ref> Plantation forests made up 280 million ha ([[hectare]]) in 2015, an increase of about 40 million ha in the previous ten years.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Global forest resources assessment 2015: how are the world's forests changing? |date=2016 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |isbn=978-92-5-109283-5 |editor-last=FAO |edition= |location=Rome}}</ref> Of the planted forests worldwide, 18% of that planted area consists of exotic or introduced species while the rest consist of species native to the country where they are planted.<ref name=":6" />

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==== Using existing trees and roots ====
Planting new trees often leads to up to 90% of seedlings failing. However, even in deforested areas, existing root systems often exist. Growth can be accelerated by [[pruning]] and [[coppicing]] where a few branches of new shoots are cut and often used for charcoal, itself a major driver of deforestation. Since new seeds are not planted, it is cheaper. Additionally, they are much more likely to survive as their root systems already exist and can tap into groundwater during harsher seasons with no rain.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2H-fKmbompo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200914171901/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H-fKmbompo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=Africa's underground forest |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H-fKmbompo |access-date=31 July 2020 |publisher=DW News}}{{cbignore}}</ref> While this method has existed for centuries, it is now sometimes referred to as [[farmer-managed natural regeneration]]<ref>{{cite web |date=11 February 2020 |title=In Semi-Arid Africa, Farmers Are Transforming the "Underground Forest" Into Life-Giving Trees |url=https://ensia.com/features/in-semi-arid-africa-farmers-are-transforming-the-underground-forest-into-life-giving-trees/ |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> or [[assisted natural regeneration]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=What is assisted natural regeneration and where does it work? |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/benefits-assisted-natural-regeneration/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=World Economic Forum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chazdon |first1=Robin |last2=Calixto |first2=Bruno |last3=Oliveira |first3=Mariana |last4=Messinger |first4=Jared |last5=Alves |first5=Julio |last6=Calmon |first6=Miguel |last7=Anderson |first7=Will |date=March 2022 |title=The Benefits and Power of Assisted Natural Regeneration |url=https://www.wri.org/insights/what-assisted-natural-regeneration-benefits-definition |journal= |language=en}}</ref>