Showing posts with label tree planting drones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tree planting drones. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2020

These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion; Fast Company, May 15, 2020

Adele Peters, Fast Company; These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion

"Flash Forest, the Canadian startup behind the project, plans to use its technology to plant 40,000 trees in the area this month. By the end of the year, as it expands to other regions, it will plant hundreds of thousands of trees. By 2028, the startup aims to have planted a full 1 billion trees.

The company, like a handful of other startups that are also using tree-planting drones, believes that technology can help the world reach ambitious goals to restore forests to stem biodiversity loss and fight climate change."