From my friend Kevin Land at Aqua Design Innovations (the maker of the rather neat Ecoqube C, a small but well set-up aquarium):
| If you’ve paid attention to news recently, you’ll know that our forests are being decimated… Increasing demand for tree-based products and climate change has led to a massive increase of carbon emissions, making the existence of remaining trees that much more precious. Every minute, at least 20 football fields worth of trees are lost to deforestation. According to the World Bank, our world has already lost 502,000 square miles of forests. to compare that is an area a little larger than that of South Africa. Although the future may look grim, many are still reaching for hope and fighting against deforestation. One of these individuals is Irina Fedorenko, the co-founder of the startup Biocarbon Engineering. Through their innovation, Biocarbon Engineering have created Tree-Planting Drones that can plant trees at an alarming rate. 2 operators and 10 drones can theoretically plant up to 400,000 trees a day! Since September of 2018, an area south of Yangon, Myanmar, has experienced the innovation of these drones. Mangrove saplings have already started to sprout, bringing a greener future one step closer to reality. Furthermore, Biocarbon Engineering has teamed up with non-profit organization, Worldview International Foundation, to restore the beauty of our world. Their goal for 2019 is to plant more than 4 million trees, and eventually up to 1 billion trees. To start this process, the drones first fly across the field to gather data from the land and soil. Once they have found an ideal spot, the drones will send biodegradable pods containing germinated seeds into the ground. Yup, it’s that easy! This is an innovation, and will become a revolution with the critical role that we, humans, hold. “The project in Myanmar is all about community development and enabling people to care for trees,” says Fedorenko. With such technology and innovations being developed, we’re setting ourselves up for a brighter and cleaner future. For more information, visit https://www.biocarbonengineering.com/! |
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