Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021 06:38 PM MYT
Mika Vanhanen poses for a picture in a forest area near Joensuu, Finland. — AFP pic
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HELSINKI, March 16 — It’s an environmental policy embraced by heads of state, multinational businesses and even leading climate sceptic Donald Trump: plant more trees to help the planet and slow global warming.
But experts claim some recent mass tree-planting schemes have failed to reduce greenhouse gases when not done properly, and even harmed the environment.
Now a pair of Finnish environmentalists believe they have created a reforestation initiative that will avoid these problems and allow for millions of new trees every year, tracked by a smartphone app.