From 1990 to 2016 we have lost 502,000 square miles from deforestation. All those trees that were cut down would have taken in carbon dioxide, through photosynthesis which would have slowed down the affects of climate change. One way to help reduce he amount of trees were cutting down or at least help the he forests recover from our massive deforestation would be to plant a tree for every tree we cut or use less paper products so there would less of a demand for paper products and so the rate of deforestation would  decrease.

I agree with what you're saying, but we have to keep in mind that trees can be cut down at a faster rate than planting them, especially since it takes time and extensive care for trees to regrow at their expected height. What would be more worthwhile is to have stricter regulations on cutting down trees and have zones where people are and are not allowed to deforest, so that saplings can be planted and taken care of.

While I certainly agree that reforestation is essential to contributing to global cooling and carbon sequestration, I agree with Johanness that the process of erecting trees is quite slow and that regulations would likely be much more effective. I also think that making urban sprawls sustainable and integrated into the ecosystems which they supplanted will expand the acreage for reforestation.

I certainly agree, and I think we can take it a step further by planting 2 trees for every tree we cut down, since we lost a considerable amount of trees to forest fires and deforestation in just the past 2 years.

I also agree that deforestation is a huge factor in climate change, as the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere grows we are also cutting down the trees that could help filter it into oxygen. Deforestation definitely needs to be regulated, and reforestation is essential as well. However cutting down our use of paper products can be difficult. Often paper is used as a substitute for plastic which also harms the environment and people might go back to using plastic if paper use was cut down. If we could find an alternative to both it would greatly help our goal of stopping climate change.

Hi there, Jesse! I agree with you on the fact that we should cut fewer trees since forests (especially rainforests) are the lungs of our planet. But I don't really see the problem with using paper products. I think paper should replace plastic as much as possible while still maintaining that natural balance and planting more trees. And at the same time, we could create products using sources of other vegetation, such as algae and other quick decomposing substances from the nature.