The Irish government has just announced a vast plan to counteract global climate change. Ireland, for example, has just committed to planting 22 million trees every year until 2040, bringing the total to over 440 million trees within 20 years.
This massive reforestation should help to rebalance the Irish environment, and naturally capture the most carbon emissions. Trees act as natural filters, absorbing CO2 on a daily basis, preserving the ecosystem and purifying air quality.
A vast program for Ireland, clearly in line with its recent “Climate Action Plan”, proposed by the government in recent months.
The climate action plan commits to the development of forest plantations in order to guarantee the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and thus counterbalance emissions resulting from agriculture and land use in particular. The target for new forestation is around 22 million trees per year. said a spokeswoman for the “Climate Action and Environment” communications department.
The trees planted will be mainly conifers and broad-leafed trees: a way of respecting the environment already in place in Ireland, and enriching the country with more wild spaces (spaces which are already plentiful in Ireland).
The project has been well received by the public, with the exception of farmers, who will no doubt be forced to give up their land to contribute to the forestation.
A fine initiative nonetheless: Ireland seems to be joining the ranks of “militant” countries on the ecological front, and are currently following in the footsteps of their Swedish and Norwegian counterparts. A wonderful initiative, which will help to keep Ireland as wild and beautiful as ever!
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