by Sami Kent, The Guardian

Highlights:

• 90% of the tree saplings planted during November 2019 in the northern Anatolian city of Çorum have died due to an insufficient amount of water 
• The Turkish ministry revoked the claim by stating more than 95% are healthy and growing, though many critics doubt this claim
• Mass tree-plantings have critics because of the sometimes poor survival rates
• Larger critics wonder if the tree planting was an act of greenwashing and attempting to cover their other projects that produce environmental degradation

We at The Climate Center are focusing on California, the world’s 5th largest economy, to enact the emissions reduction and sequestration policies necessary for rapid decarbonization.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/most-of-11m-trees-planted-in-turkish-project-may-be-dead?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

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Maddie Maffia

Communications Associate at The Climate Center

Madelyn is a graduate of Oregon State University, with a degree in environmental science with specializations in aquatic biology and environmental water resources.

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