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Donating money for someone to buy land is a big no for me. Privatisation of land to some benefactor doesn't seem to be the best strategy for preservation. How d

by ajot 3y ago

Donating money for someone to buy land is a big no for me. Privatisation of land to some benefactor doesn't seem to be the best strategy for preservation. How do you know ownership will not be transferred in the future? Also, why is it we never see a "reverse damage done for centuries to european and north american forests" NGO? Why do you always think of the Amazon? Leave peruvians, bolivians, brasilians, etc alone. And stop using coal to generate electricity, thank you very much.

mitthrowaway2 3y ago
> Also, why is it we never see a "reverse damage done for centuries to european and north american forests" NGO? You'll never see if you never look! https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/ https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/
- burkaman 3y ago
  Also https://planetwild.com/ https://planetwild.com/, which is very early but has been focused on Europe so far.
  - khrbrt 3y ago
    And Mossy Earth: https://www.mossy.earth/ https://www.mossy.earth/ I'm a big fan of their YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth for well produced videos on their various restoration projects across Europe. Very inspiring for things I'd love to start where I live. We need to reform zoning to reduce suburban and exurban sprawl and there is no shortage of disturbed land that needs to be rehabilitated.
BurningFrog 3y ago
There is really no future proof strategy.
ruined 3y ago
>Also, why is it we never see a "reverse damage done for centuries to european and north american forests" NGO? north american forest defense orgs are prosecuted as domestic terrorists. there are a couple "tree planting" startups but mostly they seem to be timber company greenwashing
mijamo 3y ago
There is a lot of reforestation happening in Europe. In France for instance the low time for forest was in the 17th century and since then the forest surface has doubled and is steadily increasing. You could also note that now Japan has more forests than Brazil in percentage of the territory while having a much higher population density, and that Brazil used to have double as much forest than Japan around 100 years ago.

by ajot 3y ago

mitthrowaway2 3y ago

> Also, why is it we never see a "reverse damage done for centuries to european and north american forests" NGO? You'll never see if you never look! https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/ https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/

burkaman 3y ago
Also https://planetwild.com/ https://planetwild.com/, which is very early but has been focused on Europe so far.
- khrbrt 3y ago
  And Mossy Earth: https://www.mossy.earth/ https://www.mossy.earth/ I'm a big fan of their YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth for well produced videos on their various restoration projects across Europe. Very inspiring for things I'd love to start where I live. We need to reform zoning to reduce suburban and exurban sprawl and there is no shortage of disturbed land that needs to be rehabilitated.

BurningFrog 3y ago

There is really no future proof strategy.

ruined 3y ago

>Also, why is it we never see a "reverse damage done for centuries to european and north american forests" NGO? north american forest defense orgs are prosecuted as domestic terrorists. there are a couple "tree planting" startups but mostly they seem to be timber company greenwashing

mijamo 3y ago

There is a lot of reforestation happening in Europe. In France for instance the low time for forest was in the 17th century and since then the forest surface has doubled and is steadily increasing. You could also note that now Japan has more forests than Brazil in percentage of the territory while having a much higher population density, and that Brazil used to have double as much forest than Japan around 100 years ago.