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Dec 2021
26m 13s

Trees as Essential Infrastructure

MORGAN STANLEY
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Host Audrey Choi explores the vital role trees play in our urban spaces and we’ll look at the potential downsides of popular global tree planting campaigns. Vivek Shandas, who studies climate adaptation at Portland State University, sits down with Audrey to talk trees. He and Carlotta Conte of Dark Matter Labs explain why trees are valuable assets for any city. We’ll also get a first-hand account from Gretchen Bradford who is leading a re-planting effort in her New Orleans neighborhood. And we’ll have Paul Smith and Herbert Ongubo of Botanic Gardens Conservation International weigh in on whether more is actually better when it comes to tree-planting efforts.

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