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Plant Trees to Cut Emissions

Public Domain by Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, uploaded by Quadell

By planting trees on "spare lands" farmers can cut the currently 9% contribution of agriculture to greenhouse gas emissions in the UK considerably. Combined with other measures this can lead to a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the farming sector by 80% by 2050.

News seen at: BBC - Trees can help UK farming cut emissions

Further Info

Image from Wikipedia - by Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, uploaded by user Quadell via Wikimedia Commons
Nature article with details of the study
Reforestation on Wikipedia