Solutions: Reforestation
What We Can Do
Worldwide, there are many programs to slow and halt deforestation and to protect and reforest the depleted areas:- The Amazon Rainforest, The Australian forests
Nature Conservancy - Botswana has protected forests.
- Canada has various hemp products including cloth and paper.
- China
Bamboo is a very versatile material. See about purchasing bamboo clothing & bedsheets and kitchen utensils. - Costa Rica
This small central-American nation has one of the best records for protecting their natural environment. Consider an eco-vacation there! - Ethiopia has protected forests.
- Florida is becoming more committed to the restoration of the Everglades.
Progress Florida - Great Britain
- India has a yearly planting program with the participation of students.
India Forests - Israel has had an active program of planting trees for over one hundred years.
JNF / KKL - Kenya has protected forests.
- Thailand has recently banned logging.
See what is possible to buy from them instead of hardwoods..
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."
Chinese proverb
"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."
Willa Cather
"Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is."
Anonymous
"If you seek strength and majesty and patience, welcome the company of trees."
Hal Borland, Beyond Your Doorstep
"What a noble gift to man are the forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe for their utility and their beauty!"
Susan Fenimore Cooper
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