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[–] [deleted] 1 point 10 points (+11|-1) ago 

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[–] NewWorld 1 point 15 points (+16|-1) ago 

The couple hired around 24 workers in the beginning and planted the first seed in December 1999. Later this organization was joined by numerous volunteers over the years.

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.

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[–] 18245461? 2 points 8 points (+10|-2) ago 

numbers are probably super inflated/ after the originals were planted the trees reproduced naturally

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[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 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.

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[–] lanre 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Read the article. They didn't do it alone.

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[–] theysayso 0 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.