The Positive News Thread

[Juan]

Rewilding is essential to the UK’s commitments on climate change
Britain, without human interference, would be covered by mature oak woodland with some hazel, birch and pine further north. But England’s forest cover dropped as low as 5% after the World War I, prompting the government to set up the Forestry Commission, which has helped increase forest cover over the last 80 years to nearly 10%.
Reforestation success in China
Massive reforestation is not a pipe dream – there are excellent examples of it being done in the recent past. In the late 1990s environmental deterioration in China became critical, with vast areas resembling the dust bowl of the American Mid-west in the 1930s. Six large forest programmes were introduced during the late 1990s and early 2000s, targeting over 100m hectares of land for reforestation.
The ongoing programme also helped to alleviate poverty, as payments are made directly to farmers who set aside their land for reforestation The Grain for Green programme shows that widespread reforestation can have a very positive affect on the economy as well as the environment.
https://theconversation.com/cop24-rewild...nge-107541