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Reforestation is the act of planting trees in places where trees have been lost due to natural causes, such as storms and fire, and human causes, such as logging and agriculture. It is important to restore trees because they play an important role in ecosystems for animals and humans as providers of food, shelter, and air and water filtration.

Reforestation can happen naturally, such as following a forest fire when the heat of the fire helps certain tree seeds become viable, but typically it is carried out by large, organized projects in which trees can be planted as seeds or as saplings. There are some reforestation projects that are being carried out using drones!

There are lots of good examples of tree planting programs around the world! We support a few of those projects on our website, in areas where reforestation is most important like the Amazon rainforest. A couple other famous examples include The Green Belt Movement in Kenya, which has planted over 51 million trees, and the effort led by Conservation International to plant over 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon.

Reforestation provides many natural benefits to locals and can play a vital role on a global scale by providing oxygen as well as removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Forests are considered the lungs of the Earth. Trees provide food, shelter, and water filtration.

Planting trees offers a lot of benefits to the communities where they are planted! The most obvious and often most important is the way that the roots of trees are able to filter ground water. This is especially important near farm land. They also help provide clean air to breathe, and, when they’re planted near houses, provide shade that can help lower energy costs.

Trees are a great place for all kinds of animals to live! So, very naturally, planting trees helps attract animals to the neighborhood. Ecosystems with greater biodiversity are also more resistant to change, meaning that more trees help sustain ecosystems around the world as they deal with the effects of climate change.

It depends on the type of tree! Typically, you can plant between 300 to 800 trees in an acre when the soil has plenty of nutrients and the area receives enough rainfall. In the rainforest, where the soil is fertile and there is plenty of rain, some acres hold over 1,000 trees.