Great news from Australia: the country will plant one billion trees

Hi there my Steemit friends and followers!

I am really excited to share with you what I just found out: Australia will plant one billion trees by 2050! This plan should help the country meet their obligations of the Paris Agreement but also create a lot of new jobs and thus support the Australian economy.

Illustrative photo. Taken by me in rural Silesia, Czech Republic

Although Australia is known for beautiful nature and clean environment, the fact is that just 17% (some sources even say 16%) of its land area is covered by forest. It is quite understandable, however, if we consider how much of the country is actually made up by desert.

I don´t know how much all those newly planted trees will increase the percentage of the forested area of the country but I am really happy about it because the more trees we have, the better off our planet (and us!) will be :)

Btw, when writing this post, I figured out that in my homeland, the Czech Republic, 34% of the land area is covered by forest (same as, for example, in the U.S. and Argentina). How is your country doing when it comes to forested area? Let me know in the comment section below :)

Have a great day everyone and keep on steeming!

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