The Nature Conservancy launched a new campaign to plant one billion!!! trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. That forest has one of the highest diversity of animals, including birds (almost 950 species). Some unique birds to this area include Red-billed Curassow, Brazilian Merganser and several threatened parrot species.
Unfortunately more than 90% of that forest has been destroyed and the rest is fragmented. Now the Nature Conservancy wants to plant trees covering an area of around 2.500.000 acres (about 1.000.000 hectares or 10.000 square kilometers). That’s bigger than the size of Yellowstone National Park.
This is a very ambitious project that will not only help local wildlife but also many people in the area.

Today, nature conservation needs big visions. The Plant a Billion Trees campaign is such a vision. Let’s hope that similar projects will be started in other areas, like Western Africa, South-East Asia and the Amazon forest. Similar projects could also be started in Europe or North America, even if it’s only 1 Million trees.

More information:
www.plantabillion.org
www.nature.org/pressroom/press/press3443.html