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Why tree growing is more important than tree planting

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President William Ruto plants a tree at Eldoret Arboretum, Uasin Gishu County, in August 2023. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Various studies seem to confirm that tree planting is a very popular initiative with companies, billionaires, politicians and others.

Some studies, however, such as the one by Duguma and colleagues, argue that there should be a distinction between tree planting and tree growing.

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