As a dedicated potato grower – both because I like them and because they are fairly easy to grow – I was pleased to see five ...

It becomes part of the Earth’s natural carbon cycle, eventually escaping back into the atmosphere when the trees die before eventually being reabsorbed again by some other natural landscape.

What is the plan to stop deforestation? Forests absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) - a major contributor to global warming - so cutting down trees can have a big impact on climate change.