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Gives me hope!! (Original Post)
ailsagirl
Mar 2021
OP
I can't get the article to load but the visual difference is stunning
questionseverything
Mar 2021
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elleng
(130,728 posts)1. 'when he returned to Brazil, he found that it was not the same as when he left.'
questionseverything
(9,645 posts)2. I can't get the article to load but the visual difference is stunning
Celerity
(43,093 posts)4. here
If you spend any amount of time watching the news, you realize that the trees in the world are disappearing quickly. This includes the Amazon rain forest, which is being cut down to make way for farmland and fanning the flames of global warming. According to the UN, an area the size of South Africa has been lost permanently since 1990.
Another way to look at it is an area of the size of Panama being lost every year. Add on top of that the deforestation industry that is responsible for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions and it really adds to the plant species and animals that are going extinct. David Attenborough has said that species are going extinct at the same rate as the dinosaurs when they disappeared. And we all know that it didnt end well for the dinosaurs.
Sometimes change isnt about turning the tide completely, its about making small differences. That is what two Brazilians are trying to do. Married couple Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado are showing the world what is possible when individuals go up against the environmental issues we are now experiencing. For years, the husband spent his time documenting the Rwandan genocide and when he returned to Brazil, he found that it was not the same as when he left. At one time, the tropical rain forests were standing proudly but now, the country was practically barren. This includes the disappearance of wildlife.
The land was as sick as I was everything was destroyed, Salgado told The Guardian. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees. Then my wife had a fabulous idea to replant this forest. And when we began to do that, then all the insects and birds and fish returned and, thanks to this increase of the trees I, too, was reborn this was the most important moment.
Another way to look at it is an area of the size of Panama being lost every year. Add on top of that the deforestation industry that is responsible for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions and it really adds to the plant species and animals that are going extinct. David Attenborough has said that species are going extinct at the same rate as the dinosaurs when they disappeared. And we all know that it didnt end well for the dinosaurs.
Sometimes change isnt about turning the tide completely, its about making small differences. That is what two Brazilians are trying to do. Married couple Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado are showing the world what is possible when individuals go up against the environmental issues we are now experiencing. For years, the husband spent his time documenting the Rwandan genocide and when he returned to Brazil, he found that it was not the same as when he left. At one time, the tropical rain forests were standing proudly but now, the country was practically barren. This includes the disappearance of wildlife.
The land was as sick as I was everything was destroyed, Salgado told The Guardian. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees. Then my wife had a fabulous idea to replant this forest. And when we began to do that, then all the insects and birds and fish returned and, thanks to this increase of the trees I, too, was reborn this was the most important moment.
AZ8theist
(5,409 posts)8. Any chance they would be willing to adopt me????
What an INCREDIBLE story....
underpants
(182,603 posts)3. Wow. 🌲
iluvtennis
(19,833 posts)5. Love it - thanks for this post. nt
BobTheSubgenius
(11,559 posts)6. That is wonderful!!!
Forestry "management" is so abysmally bad that it has to be left to individuals?? Ludicrous. Thank goodness for people like these. Sadly, we need many more of them.
ailsagirl
(22,885 posts)7. What a tremendous amount of work had to be done!
But they did it. Im going to find out more about these heroes! 🥰
BobTheSubgenius
(11,559 posts)10. Planting trees at that kind of scale is NOT easy.
I know people who have done it, and while the pay is good, a lot of very hard work and no small amount of deprivation ensures that you are earning every dime.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)9. This one Too
ailsagirl
(22,885 posts)11. Thanks for posting this 🌳
crickets
(25,952 posts)12. That is amazing! It gives me hope too - thanks for sharing it. nt