The article mentions the difficulty of scaling reforestation and afforestation. It is currently a fairly manual (and physically brutal) task which usually invol

The article mentions the difficulty of scaling reforestation and afforestation. It is currently a fairly manual (and physically brutal) task which usually involves (energy intensive) greenhouses/nurseries. That said, there are some groups that are working on addressing scaling reforestation right now (and we are hiring engineers). https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/26/that-night-a-forest-flew-droneseed-is-planting-trees-from-the-air/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/26/that-night-a-forest-flew-d... https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/08/drones-seeds-fires-how-droneseed-plants-trees-from-the-sky/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/08/drones-seeds-fires-how-... It’s also worth mentioning that rangeland vegetation can have a critical role to play. It doesn’t seems as obvious/flashy, but they tend to have an enormous root structure and can prevent state changes (e.g., desertification).