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We could even mobilize some military aircraft for the effort: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/aerial-reforestation2.htm https://s

We could even mobilize some military aircraft for the effort: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/aerial-reforestation2.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-scienc... This should be less of a labor saving method and more for accessing difficult terrain. Would probably be more successful with human labor.

mlinksva 7y ago
It looks like that article is 10 years old. Has anyone done this at scale? A more recent (this year) talk advocating for similar, but using drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyQvfaW54NU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyQvfaW54NU
- moneytide1 7y ago
  For sure drones would be a great method to use for this effort. They would probably cause fewer emissions than huge C-130's dropping all the trees.
- kyriakos 7y ago
  Unless the area is very remote and hard to get to I think it would cost less and have a higher chance of success if they are planted the traditional way manually