66 billion trees clean the air in China

Despite the fact that millions of acres of forest cut down, now there are more forests than in 2003. That's good. Partly to the credit of the "great Green Wall", which landed in China to keep the Gobi desert on the spot.

For several decades in North China has planted billions of trees 66. By 2050, the Great Green Wall will stretch for 4,500 miles. Its prototype, the Great Wall of China, has a length of 8851 kilometers, so there is room for improvement.

Theoretically, the Green Wall is holding the desert place, though critics don't think so. Anyway, trees absorb carbon dioxide, which is slightly reduces the speed of climate change.





The researchers analyzed satellite images of the earth and came to the conclusion that the forest has become more! In Africa and Australia receives the most rainfall, so the trees are growing actively, and in Russia the vast territory of the abandoned collective farms themselves were covered with forests. And only in China intentionally planted the trees in such numbers that it affects the overall picture.

At the same time, carbon dioxide emissions increased by 60 million tons, said Liu, a researcher from the University of New South Wales, which explores climate change. New trees clean the atmosphere, but is a drop in the bucket compared to emissions.





New projects in China, like closing some coal mines and the transition to renewable energy will bring more results. But trees not much happens. In India, planted 2 billion trees along roads, and in Pakistan another billion. The drones of the English startup will put another billion.

At the World Environmental Summit (new York, September 2014) representatives of 30 States, including the United States and the European Union agreed that by 2020 we need to reduce the amount of logging by half, and by 2030 to reduce him to nothing. For bold estimates this will allow to neutralize 8.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide. For example, now this can be achieved if all cars in the world will move to alternative energy sources.published

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: thinkgreen.ru