The UK is planting half a million trees in the next three years
In late September, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Environment, Angela Eagle, pledged that half a million trees will be planted in the next three years as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather.
As part of the new initiative, mayors, local officials, charities, and community groups will receive funding and newfound authority to restore natural landscapes, including wetlands, riverbanks, and meadows.
Craig Bennett, the chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts, said, “We need to make Britain wet again. … We could have tens of thousands of new wetlands.”
Why is this good news? Wetlands, riverbanks, and meadows reduce flooding by acting as a natural barrier to heavy rainfall, snowfall, snowmelt, and storm runoff. By acting as natural sponges, the natural flora and fauna hold onto absorbed water and slowly feed it back into streams and rivers days or weeks later.
Under President Lula’s administration, 20K square kilometers of Amazon have been protected from deforestation
A new analysis found that, under the leadership of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at least 20,000 square kilometers of deforestation have been prevented in the Amazon.
That’s an area the size of New Jersey, and is especially notable coming from the country that is home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest.
It is also a reversal from Lula’s predecessor, whose administration oversaw a surge in deforestation as a result of anti-environmental policies.
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