Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

It should be noted that they plan to restore 150 million hectares by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030, which is 428x and 1000x respectively.

Furthermore they have one of the highest survival rates of trees in the world, ranging from 70 to 90 per cent.

Together, these two metrics are very encouraging.




350MM hectares is at the point where it really starts to make an impact compared with usage cuts. The US (though add in China and India if you count reductions in projected growth) is probably the only country that has a near-term chance of being able to unilaterally cut worldwide carbon output by 3%, but Pakistan seems to have the ability to increase carbon sequestering by 3% of current worldwide carbon output.


That's... a lot of land. 150 million hectares is a square over 750 miles on a side. 166 Yellowstones' of restored forest.


Where did you get those numbers from please?


The article linked above.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: