Science Daily: Seeing the forest for the trees: Worlds largest reforestation program overlooks wildlife
„New research found that China’s reforestation program, the world’s largest, overwhelmingly leads to the planting of monoculture forests that fall short of restoring the biodiversity of native forests — and can even harm existing wildlife. The researchers found, however, that multi-species forests could be planted without detracting from the economic benefits China’s poor and rural citizens receive for replanting forests.“