Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Tammy Parsons, nursery manager of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, lays out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Partially burned and standing trees called snags loom over a site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting reforestation experiments at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Tammy Parsons (left), nursery manager of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, lays out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A view shows snags on Deer Lake Mesa where the 2018 Ute Park Fire burned 36,740 acres near Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Dr. Owen Burney, director of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, lays out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Tammy Parsons, nursery manager of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, measures as she lays out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Snags from the Ute Park Fire of 2018 are still standing on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center carry flags as they lay out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Partially burned and standing trees called snags loom over a road on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Partially burned and standing trees called snags loom over a site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting reforestation experiments at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Partially burned and standing trees called snags loom over a site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting reforestation experiments at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Dr. Owen Burney from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center stands next to a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A ponderosa pine sapling grows at an experiment site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting research on reforestation at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Tammy Parsons, nursery manager of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center, lays out a plot at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Partially burned and standing trees called snags loom over a site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting reforestation experiments at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A view shows snags on Deer Lake Mesa where the 2018 Ute Park Fire burned 36,740 acres near Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A ponderosa pine sapling grows at an experiment site where researchers from the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center are conducting research on reforestation at Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Marisol Martinez trims locust saplings at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Marisol Martinez trims locust saplings at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Dr. Owen Burney gives a tour of the facilities at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Marisol Martinez trims locust saplings at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A view shows a hothouse where drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A view inside a hothouse where drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Seeds are kept in a freezer at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Marisol Martinez trims locust saplings at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Seeds are kept in a freezer at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A person gestures inside a hothouse, where drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

Drought-conditioned saplings from resilient seeds used to reforest burn scars are grown at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. Picture taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

A villager stands on the wave breakers as he fishes at a coast affected by abrasion in Juntinyuat, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 13, 2021. Picture taken March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Cukup Rudiyanto, 44, points a map as he shows the areas they replanted with mangrove trees, in Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 14, 2021. Picture taken March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Villagers play at Rembat beach, one of several tourist places which is threatened by abrasion in Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 13, 2021. Picture taken March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Samsudin, 50, plants mangrove trees with local children at Tiris beach in Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 11, 2021. Picture taken March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Samsudin, 50, laughs while planting mangroves with local children at Tiris beach in Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 11, 2021. Picture taken March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Samsudin, 50, wearing a rhino-hat holds cupboard puppets depicting Indonesia's endemic primates orangutan and long tail monkey, while performing fairy tales for the local children in Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Samsudin, 50, walks after planting mangroves with local children at Tiris beach in the Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 11, 2021. Picture taken March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

An aerial picture shows the area replanted with mangrove trees by Cukup Rudiyanto and his colleague Samsudin, in Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

An aerial picture shows villager walks along a paddy fields affected by abrasion in Juntinyuat, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 13, 2021. Picture taken with a drone, March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

A local pond farmer is seen among the newly planted mangrove trees at Tiris beach during sunset in Pabeanilir village, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 11, 2021. Picture taken with a drone, March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

A red spruce sapling grows at the base of a tree stump in the Hersey Mountain Wilderness, owned by New England Forestry Foundation, in New Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S., December 4, 2020. NEFF worked with Finite Carbon to register carbon offset credits from the forestland with the California Air Resources Board in 2016. Picture taken December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

People play in the mud as they plant rice saplings during National Paddy Day also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Farmers plant rice saplings on the field while celebrating National Paddy Day, also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

A man walks in a filed covered with rice saplings at Kullan village in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Haby Thera ties up tomato saplings in one of Amadou Sidibe's greenhouses in Katibougou, Mali February 12, 2020.. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Seydou Sogoba looks at carrot saplings in one of Amadou Sidibe's greenhouses in Katibougou, Mali February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Farmers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 31, 2020. Picture taken January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A farmer plants saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 31, 2020. Picture taken January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Plant saplings are seen in an area which used to be a landfill and will be diverted into a garden in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Volunteers plant saplings at a place which used to be a landfill, with the aim of diverting it into a garden, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Volunteers plant saplings at a place which used to be a landfill, with the aim of diverting it into a garden, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Volunteers carry saplings to plant at a place wich used to be a landfill, with the aim of diverting it into a garden, in Zakho, district of Dohuk, Iraq January 22, 2020. Picture taken January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Hydrologist Gideon Groenewald holds a forked sapling as he demonstrates one of the methods he uses to find underground water sources near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 15, 2019. Picture taken November 15 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings