Tree planting projects that use non-native trees risk releasing more carbon back into the atmosphere, undermining efforts to fight climate change.
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Lincoln University is New Zealand’s specialist land-based university. Lincoln is focused on improving New Zealand’s land-based knowledge, wealth and productivity, with a mission to help: feed the world, protect the future, and live well. Lincoln University has a student population from more than 60 countries and its primary campus is situated in Lincoln, just outside the city of Christchurch, in New Zealand’s South Island.
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Professor (Hon) of Agri-food Systems, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Formerly a lecturer in genetics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
