Nearly half of trees planted in Asia do not survive
Nearly half of all the trees planted as part of restoration programmes in tropical forests in Asia do not survive more than five years, research has revealed.
A team of international experts from 29 universities and research centres, analysed data from 176 forest restoration sites in Asia. They found that 18% of saplings died within the first year of being planted, while after five years the figure was 44%.
Dr Lindsay Banin is from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and one of the researchers. She told Newsday: 鈥淧art of the challenge is鈥he aftercare of these planted trees, so really nurturing them after they鈥檝e been planted.鈥�
(Picture: Aerial photo taken on March 11th 2022 shows volunteers planting trees in Fengfeng Mining Area of Handan City, North China's Hebei Province. Credit: Costfoto / Future Publishing via Getty Images.)
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