New plan to restore 150 million hectares of forest via @mongabay

New plan to restore 150 million hectares of forest

New plan to restore 150 million hectares of forest via @mongabay

New plan to restore 150 million hectares of forest mongabay.com September 02, 2011 Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, World Resources Institute, South Dakota State University, International Union for Conservation of Nature. September, 2011. Larger version of the map Conservationists and politicians meeting in Bonn on Friday launched a new initiative to restore 150 million hectares (580,000 square miles) of deforested and degraded forests, reports the World Resources Institute (WRI), an NGO that is involved in the effort. Supporters say the target — dubbed the Bonn Challenge — could could boost economic growth while helping fight climate change. "Restoring 150 million hectares of degraded lands represents an exciting and largely untapped opportunity to create more jobs and economic growth, while also protecting our climate," said Göran Persson, a former Pri...

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