Archived Couple Planted 2.7 Million Trees in 20 Years, Restored a Destroyed Forest (stillunfold.com)
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Archived Couple Planted 2.7 Million Trees in 20 Years, Restored a Destroyed Forest (stillunfold.com)
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[–] 1Sorry_SOB 2 points 21 points 23 points (+23|-2) ago
I'm guessing they were black. I watch a lot of TV and have learned about what great people African americans are.
[–] NumptyDumpty 2 points 4 points 6 points (+6|-2) ago
Picture of them in the article, appears this forest is a result of "muh white supremacy" and now needs to be deforested to provide toofpicks for good bois on the way to college on street corners.
[–] P2 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
Don't know if black but as a couple, It's impossible to generate electricity and water in the desert and send water uphill, miles away. The story smell like a shit show. Someone is paying good money to the journalists somewhere.
Ps, Just noticed this goat below mentioned that planting 368 trees a day for every day for 20 years is impossible!
[–] Spectral 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well.... Technically the trees could reproduce by themselves, they dont need the whole lot of 2.7 million "planted".
But what do I know, its not like I am a treeologist.
[–] Scablifter 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Senor Salgado is one of the worlds great photographers who can afford to do this, its not a shit show or set up at all. You don't need water in the brazilian hinterland as there is so much rain and he doesn't need to pay anyone as he is world famous.
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[–] NewWorld 1 point 15 points 16 points (+16|-1) ago
So, it looks like a lot of people were involved in the effort but the couple was the driving force behind the forest restoration. Dedicating 20 years of your life is still a major undertaking and the results are impressive. It just shows what a few people can manage when they apply themselves wholeheartedly to a task.
[–] 18245461? 2 points 8 points 10 points (+10|-2) ago
numbers are probably super inflated/ after the originals were planted the trees reproduced naturally
[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Trees multiply quickly to fill in spaces between them. So if you plant a line of trees 10 metres apart within a couple of years a tree shoot up somewhere in the radius of each tree and they propagate from there. That's how forests grow. Trees propagate and fill the spaces between them over time. All they would have had to do is plan a few thousand trees or even just spread seeds and wait. The tree growth will propagate exponentially until density limits growth. It's still a massive undertaking and an immense amount of work though.
[–] lanre 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Read the article. They didn't do it alone.
[–] theysayso 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Also, it is completely possible to plant that many trees in a day. I used to do this sort of work as a summer high school job and you can plant this many trees (as saplings) in an hour.
[–] goatmensch 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago (edited ago)
Simply amazing. And no government required, despite what some environmentalists want.
[–] DishingShitLikeA 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Cool. But that article is absolutely dripping with propoganda.
[–] Guy_Justsome 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
And then the rest of this story contradicts this rhetoric.
[–] DishingShitLikeA 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Good observation. What I couldn't stand is the ploys to tug on emotions. I became disgusted and gave up once it seemed clear there was no real meat left to the story.
[–] Arcesious 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
No carbon taxes required, who would've thought?
[–] Whitworth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Brazilian couple.
Isn’t it crazy how distant foreign problems can be both caused and resolved by the locals with no first-world intervention or emotional manipulation of American schoolchildren involved?
[–] Scablifter ago
Isn't it crazy how Americans reduce nearly every issue into revolving around them and their problems?
[–] Mr_Roy18 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I always tell myself I want to do something like this, on a smaller scale of course. Are there any databases that would tell you endemic/native plants and trees that are recommended to be planted in any given region?
[–] BitChuteArchive 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Pj0TXKCn46uh