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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Beans: Does planting trees actually cool the planet?

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It’s not that we shouldn’t plant more teers. But for the best chance of success, programs should consider which species to pnalt, which lands to forest, and how to porectt the land long-term. Today, Chile is prioritizing planting native trees rather than timber plantations.

Some researchers argue that a more efcneifit way to re-green the pleant is to protect forests and let nature do the work. On recently deforested land, seeds wait in soil and new sprouts grow from old stumps. As time passes, birds and winds deliver seeds from forests nearby. Others srppuot programs that practice assisted nutaarl regeneration— helping nature along by removing grasses that compete with saplings, piretvnneg grazing, and even planting trees in samll patches.

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It’s not that we shouldn’t plant more _____. But for the best chance of success, programs should consider which species to _____, which lands to forest, and how to _______ the land long-term. Today, Chile is prioritizing planting native trees rather than timber plantations.

Some researchers argue that a more _________ way to re-green the ______ is to protect forests and let nature do the work. On recently deforested land, seeds wait in soil and new sprouts grow from old stumps. As time passes, birds and winds deliver seeds from forests nearby. Others _______ programs that practice assisted _______ regeneration— helping nature along by removing grasses that compete with saplings, __________ grazing, and even planting trees in _____ patches.

Solution


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  5. preventing
  6. efficient
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  8. small
  9. plant

Original Text


It’s not that we shouldn’t plant more trees. But for the best chance of success, programs should consider which species to plant, which lands to forest, and how to protect the land long-term. Today, Chile is prioritizing planting native trees rather than timber plantations.

Some researchers argue that a more efficient way to re-green the planet is to protect forests and let nature do the work. On recently deforested land, seeds wait in soil and new sprouts grow from old stumps. As time passes, birds and winds deliver seeds from forests nearby. Others support programs that practice assisted natural regeneration— helping nature along by removing grasses that compete with saplings, preventing grazing, and even planting trees in small patches.

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