Denmark to plant a billion trees

Denmark, roughly the area of Wisconsin, is to plant a billion trees, replacing 15 percent of the nation's farmland with forest. $6.1 billion was earmarked by legislators in compensation to the those whose property will become national parkland. Government figures report 14.6% of land in Denmark is forest, but it rests dead last at the low end of the Forest Landscape Integrity chart; only city-states such as San Marino have less trees. — Read the rest

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