The Great Green Wall aims to halt the spread of the South Sahara. At 9 miles wide and 4,800 miles long it equals the reforestation of 37 million acres.
FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
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The work on the Green Wall of China began in 1978. So far, forests have been planted in thirteen provinces of China, covering 54 million acres (22m ha).
An single man in India has created an innovative programme to provide 'sustainable employment' to millions of poor people, by planting billions of trees.
The UN Environment Programme has launched a major worldwide tree planting campaign, with the goal of planting 7 billion trees by the end of 2009.
The insurers of a village council bullied the councilors to fell the old Lucombe oak due to a fungus infection, but a citizen’s campaign saved the tree.
Clayoquot Sound continues to be at the forefront of old-growth forest conservation on Vancouver Island, merging First Nations' values into national law.