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Article History
Received: 27 October 2024
Accepted: 12 September 2025
First Online: 6 October 2025
Competing interests
: L.M.R. and S.C.C.-P. belong to organizations that manage VCM projects implementing reforestation. S.C.C.-P. is on a Technical Advisory Board for a VCM coalition. J.J.B. is a science advisor for a company that consults on the science and technology of CO2 management, including forestry projects. The remaining authors have no competing interests to declare.