Paper: Forget deforestation: ‘The world’s forests are getting denser and could help combat climate change’ — The ‘Great Reversal’
'The density of forests and woodland across much of the world is actually increasing...The change, which is being dubbed the 'Great Reversal', could be crucial in reducing atmospheric carbon, which is linked to climate change. In countries from Finland to Malaysia, the thickening has taken place so quickly that it has reversed the carbon losses caused by deforestation between 1990 & 2010...forest density has increased 6.6% across the whole of Europe'