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Forestry is amongst the land-use mitigations which are discussed in the IPCC AR6 WG III report.

See page 84 of the Technical Summary, "TS. 5.6 Agriculture, forestry and other land uses, and food systems"

https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg3/pdf/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FinalDraft_...

Keep in mind that net emissions is the concern, and simply stopping ongoing deforestation would contribute much. The total Agriculture, Forestry, and other Land Uses (AFOLU) sector accounts 13--21% of present greenhouse gas emissions (2010--2019), and could absorb about 1/3 of total human emissions.

So yes, forestry, among other land uses is a partial and probably necessary but not sufficient mitigation.



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