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Proforestation (PRO’ for-es-tay-shun) is purposefully growing an existing forest intact toward its full ecological potential. In suitable forested regions it is a powerful and immediate forest-based strategy that can address the global crises in climate and biodiversity. Proforestation does not require dedicating new land to forests.

Recent science identifies forest restoration, including by proforestation, as the most powerful strategy available to reduce atmospheric carbon (Bastin).

Proforestation complements forest-based solutions like afforestation, reforestation and improved forest management that can also counteract the negative climate, environmental and ecological effects of deforestation and forest manipulation and extraction.

Proforestation is a nature-based solutions (NBS) consistent with the recommendations of the Paris Agreement and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the goals of the US Climate Alliance.