Ireland will plant 22 Million trees every year to fight climate change

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Twenty-two million trees are to be planted every year in Ireland over the next two decades as part of a plan to tackle climate change, the Government has said. While the Government’s climate action plan, published in June, proposed 8,000 hectares – or 19,768 acres – of new forestry every year in a bid to capture carbon emissions, it did not specify the number of trees involved.




In its latest calculations, it suggests this will involve 2,500 conifers or 3,300 broad-leaf trees for every hectare planted. The target is for 70 per cent conifers and 30 per cent broad leaves.

"The climate action plan commits to delivering an expansion of forestry planting and soil management to ensure that carbon abatement from land-use is delivered over the period 2021 to 2030 and in the years beyond," a Department of Communications Climate Action and Environment spokeswoman said.

The plan sets out key actions to be taken by the Department of Agriculture. The target for new forestation is approximately 22 million trees per year. Over the next 20 years, the target is to plant 440 million.”

The ambitious plan would mean a significant shift in the use of farming land in Ireland. The climate action report acknowledges a lack of enthusiasm among the farming community for forestry.

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Rhett_Bassard

I saw this story on the news last night and considered the proposed climate-saving effort of the 5 million Irish.
That's 4 trees planted each year by each considerate citizen: not a Herculean effort, actually easy to accomplish.
As a youngster in the Boy Scouts, we planted thousands of conifers: it takes about 30 seconds each.
As an adult, we do similar via the Nature Conservancy (tho at age 69, my back gets sore).

So...what's a country of 1.4 billion willing to do?
Better question: what's an enlightened group like CraxMe going to do?