Forest destruction is occurring at dangerous rates: as much as 80% of the world’s forests have been destroyed or degraded. Scientists have warned us that the world’s tree population needs to be replenished, fast. But there’s a problem: Humans can’t do it fast enough.
This is why a start-up called Flash Forest came up with a technological solution, that is using drones to plant trees. The company started out strong and managed to plant 40,000 trees within a month and, according to UNILAD, “it doesn’t plan on stopping there”.
Flash Forest says its drones can currently plant 10,000-20,000 seed pods a day, and in the future two pilots could be able to plant up to 100,000. For comparison, human tree planters could realistically aim to plant around 1,500 trees per day.
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