<story><title>The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant a trillion trees</title><url>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/17/world/trillion-trees-climate-change-intl-scn/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abdullahkhalids</author><text>Pakistan completed a billion tree plantation project in 2017 [1]. This is currently being followed up with a 5 year 10 billion tree plantation project, at an annual cost of 7.5 billion PKR (~47 million USD) [2]. Planting 989bn trees for the other 200 countries should not be too difficult.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billion_Tree_Tsunami&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billion_Tree_Tsunami&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.radio.gov.pk&amp;#x2F;04-07-2019&amp;#x2F;pms-vision-of-clean-green-pakistan-getting-intl-acclaim-amin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.radio.gov.pk&amp;#x2F;04-07-2019&amp;#x2F;pms-vision-of-clean-green...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chewz</author><text>Poland is paying up to 2000 euro per ha (for up to 12 years) for converting agriculture land into forrest. There is also a lot of additional subsidies for forrests on private land which can add up to few thousand euro.&lt;p&gt;You can actually make small but stable profit from buying land and converting into forest.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Priority will be given to those who intend to plant a forest in the so-called ecological corridors, in areas threatened by water erosion, in areas adjacent to inland waters and forests, in areas with a slope of more than 12 degrees. Also, those who have land for afforestation in voivodships with a forest cover of less than 30% will get points. Depending on the species composition of the crop and the previously mentioned criteria, the amount of support can range from PLN 4,984 to PLN 7,624 per hectare. In addition, payment is possible for fencing of crops.&lt;p&gt;Link in Polish: 
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lasy.gov.pl&amp;#x2F;pl&amp;#x2F;informacje&amp;#x2F;aktualnosci&amp;#x2F;jak-zdobyc-dofinansowanie-za-zalesianie&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lasy.gov.pl&amp;#x2F;pl&amp;#x2F;informacje&amp;#x2F;aktualnosci&amp;#x2F;jak-zdobyc-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant a trillion trees</title><url>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/17/world/trillion-trees-climate-change-intl-scn/index.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abdullahkhalids</author><text>Pakistan completed a billion tree plantation project in 2017 [1]. This is currently being followed up with a 5 year 10 billion tree plantation project, at an annual cost of 7.5 billion PKR (~47 million USD) [2]. Planting 989bn trees for the other 200 countries should not be too difficult.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billion_Tree_Tsunami&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Billion_Tree_Tsunami&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.radio.gov.pk&amp;#x2F;04-07-2019&amp;#x2F;pms-vision-of-clean-green-pakistan-getting-intl-acclaim-amin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.radio.gov.pk&amp;#x2F;04-07-2019&amp;#x2F;pms-vision-of-clean-green...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maccard</author><text>The fact that it costs 50 million a year is incredible. That&amp;#x27;s less than 0.1% of what the UK government spends on interest on it&amp;#x27;s debts per year.</text></comment>