Trees will save our planet

Will trees save our planet? Trees and forests make the earth and climate livable and stimulate biodiversity. Yet we continue to cut trees on a large scale: last year twelve million hectares of forest disappeared. How do we deal with our ancient trees, and what else can we do? Pulitzer Prize winner...

51 min - Planet & Climate - VPRO Documentary

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