Today is the International Day of Forests. In 2012, the UN proclaimed the 21st of March the day to celebrate, raise awareness, and recognize the importance of all types of forests. Forests have an impact on every aspect of human life and on every ecosystem
Wind and animals scatter tree seeds to unimaginable distances, which helps in the germination of new tree saplings. However, wildfires can destroy any scattered seeds, hindering the natural plant regeneration process. While it is an incredibly herculean task to manually plant new saplings, technology can
Amazon is celebrating Earth Month by teaming up with environmental charity One Tree Planted to encourage its consumers to plant trees through Alexa. Under Amazon’s new green campaign, customers in the US with an Alexa-enabled device simply need to say “Alexa, grow a tree” to
The cases of wildfires have exceedingly grown that have burned down thousands of hectares of forest lands, making it a great concern as restoration of forests is not as easy as it sounds. This year, nearly 47,201 cases of wildfire burned around 6,480,861 acres of
With a profound love for trees in the eyes and determination in her steps, Tulasi Gowda is known lovingly as ajji in the Halakki tribe and in Honnali village, Ankola taluk in Karnataka. The septuagenarian has been honored with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian
Nowadays people tend to choose a sustainable way of living life. Nature might not have the technical aspects of development to offer but it definitely guarantees a healthy life to lead, which is a rare novelty in today’s time. Following this wisdom, an optimistic IIT
People in Ghana undertook a massive project to plant at least 5 million trees on Friday to help the country cope up with the ill effects of deforestation and rejuvenate its lost forests. Under the ‘Green Ghana’ programme, the government distributed free saplings to people from
A recent study suggests that forests about the size of France have regrown across the world since 2000 which can help reduce carbon dioxide. The restored forests are believed to soak up 5.9 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide, greater than the annual emissions of the
The timber industry has developed and became skilled at efficient harvesting technologies, capable of quick clearing with minimal human involvement; whereas the planting, on other hand, is still functioning with bags and shovels, moving at a much slower pace than tree-cutting. To rectify this situation,
The threat of existential climatic crisis has become apparent over the past few years and the entire human race is trying to save the planet from certain doom in one way or the other. Planting forests has never been so important as now. In 2019,