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Fred Pearce

Fred Pearce

Fred Pearce is a freelance author and journalist based in the UK. He is a contributing writer for publications including the Guardian, Washington Post and Yale Environment 360.

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Is passive rewilding the best way to plant forests?

Forests will grow back by themselves if we let them. Here's how a passive rewilding strategy could be the most cost-effective – and also effective – reforestation tool we have.