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Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by pvaldes on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:28AM (#19326960)
The big question here is "what trees?"

If Ecosia are planting Acacia in Spain, as seen in their map, this is wrong. Wattle is invasive in southern Europe. Some are even in the catalogue of forbidden by law species. They displace native species and are a big problem in Portugal after fire forests for example. Some species are also poisonous to cattle and wild animals

Please, left conservation efforts to professionals. They study and train for decades for something. Volunteers can do a lot of harm with the best intentions.

Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by derdot on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:50AM (#19327072)
We work very closely with experts from experienced tree-planting organizations to make sure the best possible methods are applied. Our tree-planting officer (yep, that is his actual title) has years of experience and is our link to these partners on the ground. Here is a video of him sharing some more insights of how we pick trees and planting sites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ld0EDDQZg4&
Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by SiempreViernes on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:46AM (#19327053)
If you scroll down a screen you will see a slideshow with information about the actual projects, not just a map with a logo indicating where the projects take place.

The project in Spain does not plant Acacia trees.

Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by pvaldes on Thursday March 07, 2019 @06:37AM (#19327252)
Pinus, Juniperus, Quercus and Rhamnus,... okay, that's much better.

https://www.noticiasdealmeria.com/terminan-los-trabajos-de-p...

Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by CalRobert on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:58AM (#19327617)
They're behind efforts to preserve existing forest as well "Hambach forest from coal mining"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/berlin-startup...

Also, I'm not sure it's fair to lump them in with well-meaning but ignorant weekend arborist.

Re:Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees by solarkraft on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:02AM (#19328526)
Thanks. That's amazing.