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But it's not just planting the tree, right? It's taking land that currently has no tree, reserving it for the tree, and guaranteeing that the land & tree will r
by sjwright 8y ago
But it's not just planting the tree, right? It's taking land that currently has no tree, reserving it for the tree, and guaranteeing that the land & tree will remain intact for a nominal period of time, possibly indefinitely?
Trees are cheap. Fertile tree-growing land not currently used for trees: not so much.
- growlist 8y agoYou might be interested in The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy: https://queenscommonwealthcanopy.org/ https://queenscommonwealthcanopy.org/
- craftyguy 8y agoHere in the (western) US, millions (billions?) of trees are burning up every year due to forest fires. So to add to your list, we also need a way to facilitate healthy forests without completely destroying them and re-releasing nearly all of their stored carbon back into the atmosphere within a couple of weeks. Controlled burns is one way, but that requires an investment in firefighters and other specialists.. who are currently all preoccupied fighting uncontrolled fires.
- sjwright 8y agoHere in Australia, fire is an essential part of the life cycle of our bushland (our virgin forests of primarily eucalyptus trees). https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/fire/plants-animals-and-fire https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and...