Screenshot from a promotional video for TreeBuddy, touting the euro that planters receive for documenting their work in a reforestation initiative. (Image via Courthouse News)
JOENSUU, Finland (AFP) 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.
Million-tree mission hopes to fix reforestation flaws
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Million-tree mission hopes to fix reforestation flaws
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