"Plant a Tree and Save the Planet" can now join recycle plastic and change your light bulbs in the dust bin of destructive memes foisted on us for 30 years. We must overcome the industrial and financial system and stop exploiting mother earth.
Not Every Forest Is a Forest
The most recent publication of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Forest Terms and Definitions paper defines a forest as any land above 0.5 hectares (roughly 1.2 acres) with a canopy cover of 10 percent or more. This includes land that has been clear cut but that is expected to regenerate within five years. It also includes certain types of tree plantations, including Christmas Tree plantations.
Ultimately, the UN definition of forests misses a lot of points. Be it the damage done by so-called sustainable forestry practices, biodiversity or real climate change mitigation, this definition side-steps reality and misguides the well-meaning plant-a-tree movement.
This is a short read and basic but we should understand that current popular remedies and international initiatives as well are out of step with science and are just covering for the convenience and profit of self interested industrial extraction industry.
