The lazy estimate at the time was that there were approximately billion trees on the planet—not based on particularly good or well-documented science.
Long story short, Crowther sent members of his crew to go out to muck it in the dirt of forests and count the number of trees in given geographical areas and compare the number to the estimates of the same geographical areas garnered from satellite imaging. With the estimated numbers and the numbers from his friends on-the-ground, he was able to calculate the total number. Crowther found that there are approximately 3. We have chopped the total number of trees in half since the advent of humans on our surface.
Some countries have begun to push back with aggressive tree planting projects. Ireland, for example, has committed to planting million trees to combat climate change.
Today, annual tree harvest vs. That sounds like a long time, but your great-great-great-grandchildren may not have the same perspective as you do on that topic. Tree issues, like human issues, are complicated. While the U. For example, tropical forests are being mowed down faster than any other kind of forest, and those forests provide some of the most important keys to unlocking a cure for cancer, for example, among a growing number of medicinal properties found in plants and animals in tropical climes.
Mono-cropping can be a major problem—meaning that you cut down eight different types of trees and re-plant with only one kind of tree. Government action—or, more appropriatelty, people working collectively using their government as a tool—is the linchpin for our dramatic success in the past hundred years.
We must demand good science based on sustaining the numbers and types of trees we need in each local environment. We also need to show continuing support and put continuing pressure on developing countries to seek out and utilize good scientific models to safeguard their forests. This troubling rate of deforestation could lead to some serious problems for people and animals. Trees pull carbon dioxide from the air, helping to limit the effects of climate change. With carbon dioxide soaring to unprecedented levels , we need all the help we can get.
As trees disappear, animals do, too. Habitat destruction is the biggest threat to endangered species. And how did this affect the group that aimed to plant a billion trees? That number, after all, is a mere. It forced the organization, Plant for the Planet , to set their sights a little higher.
They now have the aim of planting a trillion trees worldwide. Logan Strain is a San Diego based writer who covers emerging technologies and green solutions.
Logan is an avid salsa lover and is always open to try new recipes. No one bothered to do the dirty work of tree counting until recently.
December 30th, Wind vs. May 5th, SolarCity vs. December 5th, Annually, the world loses nearly 10 billion trees each year. About 70 million trees. This made it one of the key drivers for deforestation in the US. With no realistic forest management laws and programs in place, the country especially the East coast experienced a massive forest cover loss. Surprisingly, Yes! The majority of this growth has been happening on the East Coast, where the number of trees in the area has doubled within the last 70 years.
Currently, governments around the world have initiated different tree conservation programs that help protect the trees available. The creation of national forests in the US, such as the two National Forests in Alaska, has also helped minimize tree cutting. While a whopping 3 trillion trees give you something less to worry about, their distribution around the world is the biggest issue. On the other hand, desert countries such as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Greenland have almost zero tree cover.
Desert countries still indicate a lower tree wealth, with countries like Egypt indicating only 1 tree per person. This metric model proved to be sensitive to the population of the countries. For instance, a country like India with slightly over a Billion people and around 36 billion trees recorded around 30 trees per person. On the other hand, smaller countries like Guyana and French Guiana, with less than a million people, record about 20, trees per person. Based on a study by the Center for Global Development , the world is set to lose more than a million square miles to deforestation by if we keep walking on the same environmental path.
Moreover, with the population of many major cities projected to increase, the demand for more land, agriculture, and forest products may increase deforestation, especially in middle-economy countries. On the brighter side, the total number of trees can also increase by , with the right policies in place. As of , the rate of deforestation has drastically fallen in most countries thanks to the numerous policies in place. There has also been a huge global tree awareness campaign, e.
If these campaigns are successful, and governments continue to tighten on their deforestation rules, the world might actually see an increase in the total number of trees in Not really.
Even though the world loses around 10 billion trees each year, more countries have adopted tree replanting initiatives that ensure the survival of trees for years to come.
Some studies still indicate that the world is losing trees faster than ever. Compared to the times with no human civilization, the number of trees in the world has decreased by half.
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