Danish lawmakers have agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage over the next two decades.
  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
    24·
    6 days ago

    I’m always leary of claims like this as often planting numbers overshadow future community composition.

    • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      As I understand it, they have to over plant as many of the trees won’t survive to maturity.

      If they plant a billion and only a hundred million are still there in fifty years it’s still a big win for the environment.

      • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Yes, this is part of it, too. Usually a safe bet is a 20% contingency for planting, but you need to watch your mortality rates, obviously, as big weather events can throw that all out the window.

    • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
      23·
      6 days ago

      The current food production is approximately at 130% of the consumption, so Denmark will still have a net export.

      Of course we also have imports, so the effect will be even smaller in that regard, but it’s nice to know that it’s fully covered in a worse case scenario.

          • The AssmanEnglish
            3·
            6 days ago

            We used to watch the cheeto balls tumble across the plains in summer

        • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
          9·
          6 days ago

          It’s farm products. I don’t think it’s any better or worse than American farms.

          Most meals are cooked at home and people do expect fresh produce. The milk in stores was tapped the same morning, vegetables are crispy green and minced meat is red. A negative side is that we do have an incredible waste of food here, because people set high standards. Nobody buys anything on the “best before”-date.

          I think the quality of food in USA is very dependent on location, distribution and preparation. Surely there is fresh food in US too, but it won’t be in the drive-thru.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          5 days ago

          America’s closest crop that it has 130% of in vast fields?

          Bungalows.

          America grows bungalows. And while the vast expanse of bungalow fields are expensive to raise and feed, those bungalows are valuable first-food to the fire-tornadoes and seasonal floods.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Negatively for sure, although if they choose the worst farmland it might be by a significantly less than 10%. People can decide if the tradeoff is worth it for themselves, I guess.

  • apocalypticat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    5 days ago

    Any Danes in this thread looking to marry? Asking for a friend that’s educated, housebroken, and loves nature and Danish metal.