Soil erosion

” Plant, baby, plant ” Episode 1, Agroforestry

Sunday, June 16, 2013 / Environment, Sustainable development / 3 Comments

Today I am starting a series of articles about planting trees. Here we shall focus on agroforestry, next week we shall delve on the benefits of urban forestry and to conclude, in two weeks, we shall have a look at the Billion Tree Campaign. If some have “Drill baby drill” as their motto, I think …

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The tremendous cost of vanishing forests

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

I know it since I read Collapse, Jared Diamond’s fantastic book about how various societies disappeared : trees matter ! Between soil erosion prevention and climate change mitigation, there are many reasons for keeping forests alive. Now comes a British study noting that the annual cost of deforestation is five trillion dollar. This research is …

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