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A comment on Iceland's attempts to replant its forests. Parent comment

Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by phkahler on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:36PM (#15517106)
They probably have to let the sheep roam because there isn't enough food if they fence them in. Here is a nice video on farming practices that might reverse desertificaiton:

https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_worl...

Not sure if that would apply to Iceland, but it seems reasonable for someone to try it.

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by spraak on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:54PM (#15517256)
Allan Savory's theories are wildly unsound and have been debunked... But it seems like good intention.
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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by phkahler on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:55PM (#15520278)
Except that the land they tried his ideas on really did start growing stuff again. Nobody refuted the results he shows in the presentation. What may have been "debunked" is the notion that it's somehow good in terms of CO2 production, but even that isn't clear to me - plants take CO2 out of the atmosphere, and animals put it back.
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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by spraak on Saturday October 21, 2017 @06:37PM (#15524000)
https://youtu.be/_EDpuQMpyYw
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