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Forestry: A green investment

Nature volume 457, pages 144–146 (2009)Cite this article

If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? Paroma Basu reports.

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Paroma Basu is a freelance writer based in New Delhi, India.

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