Billion Tree project in Pakistan

[packman]

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Story about how the Taliban devastated the forests of Pakistan and how the present government is reclaiming them:



https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/20/the-billion-tree-project-in-pakistan-is-a-success/

[gtar100]

1. Their children will thank them. For generations.

I hope they keep it up! This is truly awesome and inspiring. It's what we humans ought to be doing...re-greening the Earth.

[Bayard]

2. An example for the world!

[Equinox Moon]

3. Good for them...

But wow, what the hell did the Taliban do with the forests? Did they burn them down? What purpose was there in destroying nature? I guess we could ask the same question of republicans and the benedict donald regime.

[packman]

4. Taliban sold the lumber - money flow

Basically they plunder any country they had control of be it selling lumber, artifacts, gold, etc. for guns and equipment.

[Equinox Moon]

5. Yep, as I suspected, just like the republicans and benedict donald regime.

It is shocking how much damage they did.

[PufPuf23]

6. Afforestation refers specifically to plantng and establishing

a forest where a forest was not present. Reforestation refers to re-planting a forest where a forest has bee burnt or otherwise removed. Most of these new tree plantations are on quite harsh sites with accelerated erosion. Most of trees not local species to Pakistan. Most are Eucalypts (Australia native) or Acacias (members of pea family most native to Africa or Australia). Good project. Lots of hard work. Those landscapes pre-date the Taliban.

[Uncle Joe]

7. This is good.

Thanks for the thread packman.