Stevens & Bond (2023): A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?
Nicola Stevens, William J. Bond IN: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.015
Afforesting grassy systems for carbon gain using flammable plantation trees could shift the fire regime from lower intensity grass-fuelled fires to high-intensity crown fires. Future changes in climate will worsen this. The authors highlight the fire risk of trees planted for carbon and costs of fire protection using African examples.