Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
Danish lawmakers have agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage over the next two decades.
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I'm always leary of claims like this as often planting numbers overshadow future community composition.
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As I understand it, they have to over plant as many of the trees won't survive to maturity.
If they plant a billion and only a hundred million are still there in fifty years it's still a big win for the environment.
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Yes, this is part of it, too. Usually a safe bet is a 20% contingency for planting, but you need to watch your mortality rates, obviously, as big weather events can throw that all out the window.
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How does that affect domestic food production/supply?
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The current food production is approximately at 130% of the consumption, so Denmark will still have a net export.
Of course we also have imports, so the effect will be even smaller in that regard, but it's nice to know that it's fully covered in a worse case scenario.
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Negatively for sure, although if they choose the worst farmland it might be by a significantly less than 10%. People can decide if the tradeoff is worth it for themselves, I guess.
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They can paint on the old mink farms
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Yay
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Any Danes in this thread looking to marry? Asking for a friend that's educated, housebroken, and loves nature and Danish metal.
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Is this like colonialism? They dont even have that much land
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The kingdom is 2.210.403km2, it's huge, 12th largest state in the world, larger than Saudi Arabia or Mexico. Most of it is Greenland though and it's going to be difficult planting forests on glaciers so I think they mean metropolitan Denmark.