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In 2015, researcher Tom Crowther found that about 3 trillion trees exist in the world [21] and later it was also estimated that planting 1.2 trillion more trees would counteract 10 years of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. [22] In 2017, Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami restored 350,000 hectares of forests. [23]
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members globally as of 2021 and has protected more than 119 million acres (48 million ha) of land in its history. [5] As of 2014, [update] it is the largest environmental non-profit organization by assets and revenue in the Americas.
China committed to plant and conserve 70 billion trees by the year 2030 as part of the Trillion Tree Campaign. [80] The Jane Goodall Institute launched the Million Tree Project in Kulun Qi, Inner Mongolia to plant one million trees. [81] [82] China used 24 million hectares of new forest to offset 21% of Chinese fossil fuel emissions in 2000.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across The post US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests ...
Planting 8 billion trees a year would replace about half of the 15 billion cut down annually. Michael Tewelde/AFP via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a ...
Its initial target was the planting of one billion trees in 2007. Only one year later in 2008, the campaign's objective was raised to 7 billion trees—a target to be met by the climate change conference that was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. Three months before the conference, the 7 billion planted trees mark had been surpassed.
Flash Forest's drones can plant 10 times faster than normal at 20 percent of the cost.
Earth offers enough room to plant an additional 0.9 billion ha of tree canopy cover. [4] Planting and protecting them would sequester 205 billion tons of carbon [4] which is about 20 years of current global carbon emissions. [5] This level of sequestration would represent about 25% of the atmosphere's current carbon pool. [4]