Returning pastures to forest and grassland could roll back 16 years of global emissions

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Worldwide, livestock tread on land that represents a major opportunity for our planet: by returning portions of this pastureland to the forests and grasslands that once grew there, we could sequester vast amounts of carbon, according to a new study.

This could get us substantially closer to the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels—but, such a dramatic transformation would only occur with dietary shifts across large parts of the planet.

Returning pastures to forest and grassland could roll back 16 years of global emissions
 
Dietary shifts might not even be necessary - I live in a state with lots of dairy and beef farming, and there is quite a lot of unused pasture land overtaken with invasive plants. Restoration of those lands would do a lot.
 
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