The session will focus on the need to adopt this emergency motion. In 2019, concerns were expressed to IUCN about the impacts of large- scale tree planting on biodiversity. Since that time, interest in planting trees – primarily for carbon sequestration – has increased exponentially. Given the scale of the tree planting / reforestation pledges, if additional biodiversity safeguards are not urgently put in place, then poorly designed or executed tree planting/reforestation could have a devastating impact on nature conservation. A number of actions to move forward are presented.
