Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from “tree planting” to “restore native vegetation”

The prevailing nature-based solution to tackle climate change is tree planting. However, there growing evidence that it has serious contraindications in many regions. main shortcoming of global planting its awareness disparity alternative ecosystem types, mainly grasslands. Grasslands, where they constitute the natural vegetation, may support higher biodiversity and a safer, soil-locked carbon stock than plantations other forests. We suggest replacing “tree planting” by “restore native vegetation.” This improved action terminology reduces risks inappropriate afforestation and, diversifying target does not reduce but increases potential land area for mitigation.