Carole Saint-Laurent

Seeing the grasslands through the trees

In his Perspective “Ancient grasslands at risk” (8 January, p. [120][1]), W. J. Bond makes a compelling argument for the need to identify, study, and preserve ancient grassland ecosystems because of their ecological importance. We strongly agree. However, we disagree with his claim that our

Sparing grasslands: map misinterpreted.

J. W. Veldman et al. argue that the worlds ancient (old-growth) grasslands should be spared from restoration-motivated tree planting (“Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes,” Letters, 30 January, p. [484][1]). We strongly agree. However, they also claim that the global Atlas of Forest Landscape