A eureka moment for the planet: we're finally planting trees again | John Vidal

After centuries of bad stewardship, communities are at last starting to see the benefits of forestsChina plans to plant forests the size of Ireland. Latin American countries have pledged to restore 20m hectares of degraded forest and African countries more than 100m hectares. India is to plant 13m hectares, and on a single day last year 1.5 million people planted 66m trees in Madhya Pradesh alone. Related: Trees make our lives better in unquantifiable ways | David Ferguson Continue reading...