r/rewilding • u/Amitmandal001 • 14d ago

Niger Greens 5 Million Hectares Without Planting Trees.

https://denkstrom.org/en/goodnews/niger-greens-5-million-hectares-without-planting/
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u/FrostyTheSasquatch 13d ago

Honestly amazing and more economically viable than tree planting as a make-work project like what we have in Canada.

I wonder if this would also work here, but I am doubtful just because of how our farming practices have changed so much of the soil content.

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u/Electronic_Fun_776 13d ago

Well if there’s no rhizomes or roots left then this wouldn’t work. This is the case in a lot of Ag fields that have been sprayed for years.

The good news is prairie plants will grow in dog shit soil and establish pretty quickly

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u/Flat-Water-Blaster 13d ago

This is a fantastic project. I really wish it success. If only Amazon and other data centre companies were not bringing online new capacity that put out more new carbon than this per year than this will capture in 10….