India, June 23 -- Tree plantations can contradict the real purpose of planting trees, according to the study

Poorly-designed and poorly-enforced campaigns to plant a large number of trees could backfire, according to a new study published in journal Nature Sustainability in June 22, 2020. There was a high risk that tree plantations could contradict the real purpose of planting trees, said Eric Lambin, the study's co-author a professor in Stanford University's School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences.

Plantations that were poorly enforced could be responsible for releasing more carbon and losing biodiversity, Lambin added.

Forests have the biggest role to play in slowing down biodiversity loss from human interventions and in c...