eprintid: 10085418 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/54/18 datestamp: 2019-11-08 14:41:05 lastmod: 2021-10-06 22:33:53 status_changed: 2019-11-08 14:41:05 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Lewis, SL creators_name: Mitchard, ETA creators_name: Prentice, C creators_name: Maslin, M creators_name: Poulter, B title: Comment on "The global tree restoration potential" ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B03 divisions: C03 divisions: F26 keywords: Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, FORESTS note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Bastin et al. (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) state that the restoration potential of new forests globally is 205 gigatonnes of carbon, conclude that “global tree restoration is our most effective climate change solution to date,” and state that climate change will drive the loss of 450 million hectares of existing tropical forest by 2050. Here we show that these three statements are incorrect. date: 2019-10-18 date_type: published publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE official_url: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0388 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Editorial Material verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1709154 doi: 10.1126/science.aaz0388 lyricists_name: Lewis, Simon lyricists_name: Maslin, Mark lyricists_id: SLLEW24 lyricists_id: MAMAS08 actors_name: Stacey, Thomas actors_id: TSSTA20 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Science volume: 366 number: 6463 article_number: eaaz0388 pages: 3 citation: Lewis, SL; Mitchard, ETA; Prentice, C; Maslin, M; Poulter, B; (2019) Comment on "The global tree restoration potential". Science , 366 (6463) , Article eaaz0388. 10.1126/science.aaz0388 <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0388>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085418/3/Lewis%20aaz0338_ArticleContent_v1_As_Sent_typo_corrected.pdf