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The number of threatened trees is more than double the number of threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. The loss of trees is a threat to thousands of plants, fungi and animals ...
The island of Hispaniola was first colonized by humans 6,000 years ago and the population size was likely more than one million when the European colonists first arrived in 1492. [6] Those original inhabitants used trees and caused extinctions of birds and mammals. [11] [12] Nonetheless, the greatest deforestation occurred after 1492. [8]
In September 2019, the Plant-for-the-Planet app was released under an open-source license. It allowed users to register planted trees or to plant trees by donating to different tree-planting organizations around the world. [24] The foundation does not take any commissions for donations made through the campaign. [25]
For the 300 years following the arrival of Europeans, land was cleared, mostly for agriculture, at a rate that matched that of population growth. [7] During the 19th century, while the U.S. population tripled, the total area of cropland increased by over four times, from seventy-six million to three hundred nineteen million acres.
The more trees that are removed equals larger effects of climate change which, in turn, results in the loss of more trees. [13] Forests cover 31% of the land area on Earth. Every year, 75,700 square kilometers (18.7 million acres) of the forest is lost. [14] There was a 12% increase in the loss of primary tropical forests from 2019 to 2020. [15]
Living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of trees could significantly lower levels of inflammation and, importantly, decrease the risk of heart disease, new research from Green Heart ...
In the 20 years since the detection of the plant pathogen, known as Sudden Oak Death, it has killed upwards of 50 million oaks and tan oaks, infecting more than 150 million oaks. It starves them ...
Today, forests cover more than 30% of the world's land and contain more than 60,000 tree species, many as of yet unidentified. [11] [12] [13] Forests provide food, fiber, water and medicines for approximately 1.6 billion of the world's poorest people, including indigenous peoples with unique cultures. [14] [15]