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Conservationists are concerned by the trend of businesses buying land and planting trees on it to offset their carbon footprints. Getty
Conservationists are concerned by the trend of businesses buying land and planting trees on it to offset their carbon footprints. Getty
Warning firms buying land to offset carbon footprints are making ‘ecological dead zones’
John Muir Trust issues warning over tree-planting trend