#regreening

[agenteverythings]

Ties van der Hoeven’s ambitions are nothing if not grand. The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife.

His sights are set on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Thousands of years ago it was bursting with life, he said, but years of farming and other human activity have helped turn it into a barren desert.

Van der Hoeven is convinced he can bring it back to life. Sep 8, 2024

[annimovsisyan]

China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientist

[improvetheworldnow]

重新造林 塔克拉玛干沙漠 - The Taklamakan Desert - Reforested

potential for an oasis

[covenawhite66]

The controversial plan to regreen a desert | CNN

A Dutch engineer wants to transform an expanse of arid land into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife — and in the process, change the

Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula which connects Africa to Asia

The goal is to plant trees to prevent increased desertification of soil.

The goal is to promote native plants instead of fast growing foreign plants.

Africa's green wall and China's re-greening program are examples of what this project will be.

Ties van der Hoeven

[daydur]

How the UN is Holding Back the Sahara Desert

[intlforestday]

HoW Africa drylands can stabilize the Global climate?

Regreening Africa aims to reverse land degradation on 1 million hectares across 8 countries in Africa. So far, the project has improved the #livelihoods, food security, and climate resilience of 500,000 households by restoring ecosystem services.

[greenfutures]

The Dominican Republic miracle: a fifth of the country regreened in 10 years

The Yaque River basin restoration project has reduced soil degradation by 18%, although gentrification and climate change remain threats

[rjzimmerman]

This local nonprofit has big dreams of a new Chicago

Excerpt from this story from Sierra Club:

The block was lined with identical boxy brick homes built to house workers in the early 1900s. Maple trees shaded the sidewalk—a good sign at first glance. But Citlally Fabela, a forestry program coordinator out making the rounds with Garduno, saw warning signs that the trees might not be there for much longer. Some species of maple have a reputation for getting their roots tangled in city water infrastructure. Branches were sagging over the street—a sign that the trees had been disregarded by the city and were now a risk to anyone passing under them.

Fabela worked for Openlands, a local nonprofit with big dreams of regreening Chicago. Research has repeatedly shown that trees improve local air quality and make neighborhoods more walkable, less vulnerable to flooding, and cooler during hot weather. A recent study published in PLOS One, however, revealed inequalities in tree distribution. Blocks in low-income urban areas were over 30°F warmer than those in mid- and higher-income neighborhoods, in part because they had, on average, 15 percent less tree cover. And like many low-income neighborhoods, La Villita is surrounded by industry—factories, auto repair shops, a metal recycling plant. Improving its tree cover can't negate that pollution, but it could mitigate it. The flyers that Garduno was carrying explained how to request new trees from the city.

Their offer to help request trees was usually met with suspicion, then excitement.

Since late spring 2022, Openlands has been working in conjunction with other community groups to reach the city's goal of planting 75,000 trees over the next five years, with an emphasis on neighborhoods with the least shade. Shortly after that goal was announced, the Chicago Tribune investigated the city's tree-planting efforts and found that over the past 10 years, Chicago had lost two trees for every one planted and that even the 75,000-tree goal wouldn't be enough to replace the trees already lost. The Tribune also found that neighborhoods in the higher socioeconomic half of the city saw twice as many trees planted as those in the lower half. (In April, the Biden administration said it would make $1 billion available for tree planting in cities, as part of the community forestry provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.)