We grew a forest WITHOUT planting a single tree

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5g60g9vmlY - an 11 minute video from the Planet Wild youtubue channel.

The blurb: 'We’re using underground forests to turn the desert green without planting a single tree.

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Across Africa, forests are disappearing faster than anywhere else on Earth.

But hidden under the surface, a solution is waiting: Underground Forests. Root systems that are still alive and with the potential to restore huge areas of barren landscape.

In our 33rd mission, we’re drawing on ancient wisdom and the discovery of an Australian agriculturist to help these underground forests burst out.

Chapters…

0:00 Turning a desert into a forest
0:39 Why tree planting fails in Africa’s drylands
1:55 Discovering the underground forest
2:16 Tony’s breakthrough in Niger
4:58 Learning Kisiki Hai with Samuel and the Lead Foundation
5:37 How farmer-managed natural regeneration works
7:09 How Ecosia turns your searches into trees
8:52 Champion farmers regreening Tanzania
10:26 From living stumps to lasting change ’