South African scientists say the government has been misled by large tree planting plans. Ergo: Plant as many trees as possible, and you solve the problems of the environment and climate change in the world almost overnight.
Direct speech: "This is not at all"Says a growing number of bewildered African ecologists. They are concerned that massive tree planting projects will do very little to contain carbon dioxide and other warming gases and are more likely to spark conflict over land ownership, food security, and water conservation and depletion over generations.
Albino trees are found in nature. They have white leaves due to the absence of chlorophyll, and such plants live only 1-2 months.
The fact that US President Donald Trump supported the mass planting of trees, and not the Paris Climate Agreement, can also say a lot.
Mark Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, a cloud-based software company, also promised to plant 100 million trees, saying: “Who is against the trees? All for the trees. Trees are a bipartisan issue. I have not met people against trees.
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But several scientists around the world have expressed concern about the “quick fixes” of global campaigns to cover the Earth with more carbon-absorbing trees - instead of taking decisive action to reduce the fossil fuel emissions that heat the world.
- The Wales union warned that plans to plant more than 20 million trees could harm local farmers.
- An initiative has been launched in the UK to plant more than 50 million trees from Liverpool to Hull, and the country's farmers are being asked to participate.
- Irish Agriculture Minister Michael Creed said farmers in every county should definitely consider planting trees.
