Where Forests Used To RoamA good introduction to what forests used to look like thousands and even hundreds of years ago comes courtesy of the fine folk at Our World in Data and their Forest Area article. Even when not every tree planted will grow to maturity, a net increase in healthy forests is always welcome to see. Yet it is also important to keep in mind that in nature, trees produce a lot of seeds. The reason for this is that most of those seeds will never grow into saplings, let alone mature trees. Having this effective deployment method could make the efforts to protect this tree species from extinction a little bit easier.

Source: Forbes June 08, 2023 23:49 UTC