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Planting trees without any sense of how they would become a viable ecosystem is pointless. Forests are complex ecosystems. Businesses do this because it's the c
by Comevius 4y ago
Planting trees without any sense of how they would become a viable ecosystem is pointless. Forests are complex ecosystems. Businesses do this because it's the cheapest sustainability strategy. These are economic project that not only don't put a single dent on climate change, they make it worst. The easiest solutions are often the worst.
- googlryas 4y agoHow does this make climate change worse? Isn't it possible for a complex ecosystem to develop without knowing exactly how it happens? My compost heap hosts a fairly complex ecosystem - more complex than I understand, and I created it merely by heaping my yard waste and food scraps in the corner of my lot. If someone gave you $15B, how would you use it to put a dent in climate change?
- Comevius 4y agoIt makes it worst by letting businesses write off pollution. Entire industries are becoming carbon neutral, on paper at least. Ever wondered how building 10 billion electric cars will save the planet? You can't put a dent on climate change until you find a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That's what matters. Trees have to last a 100 years to be effective carbon stores.
- googlryas 4y agoSure, that's what matters to you. If you live in the Sahel you are probably more directly worried about your backyard becoming a desert.
- overtonwhy 4y agoA bunch of wild claims with zero references to back them up. Poster is making massive assumptions about how these organizations operate. They clearly are talking out of their ass if you research the established organizations working in this field https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/our-work https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/our-work