The basic points remain: 1. planting trees is a relatively cheap, low energy way to absorb lots of carbon. 2. Rich people will do jack about it relative to the immensity of their wealth, because it doesn't buy them status.
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And that’s not considering the huge variability in planting costs for different sites.
On top of that: if the area was previously forested, why was it cleared? Are locals grazing cattle or growing coffee/cacao/palms? Does the local government commit to protecting new growth? Is the community subject to violent conflicts or under corrupt governance?
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These are really tricky issues requiring expertise that doesn't necessarily generalize from one ecosystem/geopolitical scenario to the next. There's likely some lower-hanging fruit, but there is no place on earth that is going to be free of these challenges.
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I never claimed it's super easy to do this, but complaining about why it's difficult isn't really helping either. The Science article excludes urban / agriculture from the land area.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6448/76 …
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