Restoring degraded forests would massively boost climate and biodiversity efforts — study

The Wildlife Conservation Society, which conducted the study, said that degraded forests retain similarities to natural forests when it comes to ecosystems and plant species but crucially, they are more likely to recover rapidly, regain biodiversity levels, and store more carbon than cleared land. 

Restoring all degraded forests across the world — comprising an area nearly the size of Russia — would massively boost climate and biodiversity targets, a study has found.

Degraded forests are those damaged by human activities such as logging but which still keep important natural features.