Restore Forests: Temperate

Provided by: Project Drawdown |Published on: April 3, 2023

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Synopsis

This resource from Project Drawdown details forest restoration as a climate solution, with a section highlighting temperate forest restoration in particular.
This article details the potential of this top climate solution to sequester large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, providing two adoption scenarios and giving a detailed analysis of their calculations.
Students can explore the findings of the research, including how much carbon could be sequestered, how long it would take, and what is involved in this solution.
There are also sections for boreal, tropical, and subtropical forest restoration. To get to the temperate forest section, users will need to select this tab from the selections below the introductory paragraph.

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Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Project Drawdown

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

The article provides related articles and additional solutions for students who may want to extend their research.
The article includes a small section specifically about what individuals can do, which is great for students who are looking for a sense of agency after reading about this solution.
This is a great way to ease students into reading scientific articles!

Prerequisites

Students may need some of the terms defined before reading the article.
Students will need to be familiar with the carbon cycle or the general concept that trees and forests take in carbon from the air and store it.
English language learners may need additional terms defined, including restoration, impact, methodology, and degraded.

Differentiation & Implementation

This article can be used as an introduction to a project in which students present a possible solution to reduce carbon in the atmosphere that they have researched.
Science classrooms can use this article as an example of the format used to present scientific research and to connect to lessons about ecosystems, the carbon cycle, photosynthesis, and natural solutions to climate change.
This article can be used to compare and contrast different possible solutions, their impacts, and their potential to immediately make an impact.
Younger students or students who struggle with reading comprehension would benefit from reading in groups or as a whole class.
English language learners can use a google chrome extension to translate the article into their preferred language.

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About the Partner Provider

Project Drawdown

Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.

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