8 incredible solutions against deforestation

8 incredible solutions against deforestation

By Dr. Kyle Muller

Deforestation is a global drama, whose consequences we suffer even being thousands of kilometers from the jungles that are getting yermas. But not only that, because there are also many other examples of this phenomenon of regression of forest covered surfaces.

Avoiding it is synonymous with prevention and search for ingenious alternatives that allow reducing trees talas for some or other purposes but, above all, good legislation and application, as well as an essential citizen awareness.

It is, in any case, a growing problem, which affects all tropical forests, such as the Amazon, the jungles of Equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia. Every year ten million hectares disappear. An environmental disaster that, to continue to the current rhythm, in less than 300 years will end all the trees on the planet.

How to remedy it, what can be done for forest exploitation to stop? There are many causes, and for this very different types must be taken. Some are evident, such as avoiding uncontrolled logging (beyond legal prohibition, making it fulfill), as well as a sustainable exploitation in agricultural or wood use.

For example, with the increase in paper recycling, its lower use or resorting to other raw materials. The examples are innumerable. In general, the solution is complex, and requires the collaboration of the different parts that cause it, including the responsibility that the consumer has as the last link in the chain. In the following article you will find 8 incredible solutions against deforestation.

Surprising initiatives

Next, we will see some really surprising initiatives that contribute to a more responsible management of the forests. You can not with the problem, what’s doubt, but they are a grain that makes a barn.

They are small large solutions, even a bit crazy and, beyond their effective contribution, they have tremendous value as an example to imitate. And, best of all, they are just a small sample.

Trees to plant

Lauren Fletcher’s ambitious objective, a scientist who worked at NASA is to take a giant step in the fight against deforestation of the planet.

Your project requires an army of drones capable of sowing a whopping 36,000 seeds every day In all types of areas, even the most inaccessible, which will be reached thanks to these small winged robots.

8 incredible solutions against deforestation - drone to plant trees

Machine that moves trees

The tool that Dutchman Industries has manufactured is a machine that Avoid cutting the trees when it is necessary that land Remove them.

While the ideal is not to do so, thanks to this ingenuity it will be easier to reduce the logging of trees, as well as reforest without having to do it from scratch.

Plant trees in inhospitable places

Again an invention that pampers the trees, this time at the time of greatest fragility, just when vulnerable vulnerable seedlings are vulnerable. It is called Cocoon and makes it possible for trees to grow in arid lands.

It is a biodegradable container that protects in its early stages of development. It makes it possible thanks to its design, which protects the seedbed and subsequent phases of the hostile environments and hungry animals. In turn, it creates a kind of water reserve that provides it with sufficient humidity and provides fungi that help roots to absorb moisture.

Reforestation search engine

The Ecosia (Ecosia.org) loout is a search engine that was born, precisely, of the need to reforest worldwide. It is an initiative that starts from a social company based in Berlin, which in 2009 created this search engine.

The trees are planted using advertising income which receives have managed to plant more than four million trees worldwide, generating more than 2.5 million euros to carry it out.

8 Incredible deforestation solutions - Reforestation search engine

Sustainable cuisine

Betting on high sustainable cuisine is also a way to break a spear in favor of good forest management. In this area, Alez Atala, a prestigious Brazilian chef who for more than ten years seeks to change the Brazilian modern cuisine, giving him a necessary touch of sustainability.

Among other initiatives that has carried out so that modern Brazilian cuisine does not imply an environmental attack for the Amazon is Pripioca root culture in farms instead of being a deforestation factor, as well as the development of an extract so as not to have to use the natural.

Cook with clean fuel

The use of firewood and, therefore, the felling of trees for heating and cooking is a very common practice in rural communities, especially in developing countries.

In order to avoid this expense, which on the other hand is a serious problem of nefarious pollution for health and the environment (also increasing the risk of fire), different initiatives have emerged.

Wilson Solar Grill is one of them. This solar energy grill It is ideal for cooking safely and sustainably. Or, for example, the successful Betty Ikalany project, a Ugandesa who managed to improve the lives of their country’s women by providing them with a clean, safe and affordable fuel for cooking.

It is based on carbonized peanuts and in addition to helping them improve their quality of life, it represents a contribution to the fight against deforestation. With the advantage that different agricultural waste can be used, depending on the product that is

8 incredible solutions against deforestation - cooking with clean fuel

Urban agriculture and vertical farms

Talling trees to turn them into cultivation areas is one of the practices behind deforestation. In this sense, urban agriculture and, above all, Vertical urban farms They are another way to help reduce deforestation.

Elephant manure paper

John Matano, Kenyan Founder businessman Nampath, has achieved a very original product that is made in a no less peculiar way. We can define it but Elephant manure paper that, among other phases, goes through a sterilization process. A lucrative business, which drives the local economy and is an echo friendly with animals and It helps reduce deforestation.

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Kyle Muller
About the author
Dr. Kyle Muller
Dr. Kyle Mueller is a Research Analyst at the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Houston, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Texas State University in 2019, where his dissertation was supervised by Dr. Scott Bowman. Dr. Mueller's research focuses on juvenile justice policies and evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing recidivism among youth offenders. His work has been instrumental in shaping data-driven strategies within the juvenile justice system, emphasizing rehabilitation and community engagement.
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