Mega Tree Planting Efforts Around the World

Since 1990, the Earth has lost 420 million hectares of forests through land conversion for agriculture, urbanization, mining, and industry.

Fortunately, deforestation rate now shows a downward trend – down from 16 million hectares per year in the 1990s to 10 million hectares per year (2015 -2020). Still, 10 million hectares per year in a heating world is a massive loss for the biosphere, climate stability, and ultimately, humanity.

The loss of forests exacerbated climate change, which, in turn, exacerbated forest loss. Mega-fires and mass tree die-offs are now a major threat to forests both in the northern and the southern latitudes.

As a response to the global deforestation crisis (related: Small-scale Deforestation is on the Rise in the Amazon), many countries, organizations, and influencers have started mega-tree planting projects. Globally, mass tree plantings became a popular symbol of the world uniting against climate change and environmental destruction, with governments starting to compete on who will plant more trees.

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