Beyond Carbon: How Holistic Tree Planting Fuels Sustainable Development and Community Empowerment

By Yossef Ben-Meir and Kaitlyn Waring, Marrakech

Recent assertions have suggested that tree planting is not as effective a climate solution as once thought. Bill Gates argued in 2023 that the idea of planting enough trees to solve the climate crisis is “complete nonsense,” and the efficacy of tree planting has been a widely debated topic.

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^* Community-led tree planting at local Moroccan tree nursery in Meknes, September 2024; HAF Photo by Elia Neuscheller.

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