Sometimes a desert is better than a forest. In this case, it looks like he replaced a desert, which may blow nutrients into the surrounding area with a monoculture forest, which is almost certainly fail.
It's great that we can undo at least some of the damage that led our dumb, stupid ape brains to destroy our natural habitats in the pursuit of greed and consumer demand.
For those who are interested in contributing in a very simple way, simply choosing different products at the supermarket can make a massive difference.
Love this, but the cameraman couldn't be bothered to rotate a few degrees to his left? He has the very literal frame of reference staring him in the face!
Don't know anything about this man or this forest but it looks like there's barely any biodiversity, just all the same uniform trees. Could just be planted to kickstart a new ecosystem but I feel like its just to farm these trees. Allthough I don't think thats too bad in this case, since there was barely any life here anyways, at least with this completely uniform forest some animals might still move in, and the trees photosynthesize anyways.
Pretty misleading title. This was literally this dudes job, he managed a team of professionals and a bunch of volunteers also. Its not like he planted each tree or did it out of the goodness of his heart or something.
Here's someone worth more to the world than every billionaire and politician combined and multiplied by 10. I could probably say the same about any normal citizen but this guys an actual hero, not a cop or a soldier fighting greed driven propaganda fueled wars, someone who is actually protecting the Earth. Look up to this guy.
Art idiot in me was trying to swipe for a second picture because I read the title as he restored a painting of the forest and thought it still looked discolored.
OK, so this is great and all, but he did not buy and plant 30,000,000 trees by himself. He was a forest manager with a team of people and over the 19 years he was employed as such, this one of his projects.
I was reading a paper the other day talking about how it's very possible the Amazon rainforest was started by man, due to the layout of the oldest trees etc...
I've seen a few examples of people fostering a forest like this. Anyone know how they handle the watering of the trees, to help them getting established?
One problem has been planting fast-growing species when trying to stop desertification or reverse it. Trouble is what little original ground cover left has all of its water stolen by the thirsty trees. Nothing left to tie the soil down so the topsoil blows away and you get more desert. China has had some massive monoculture or limited species projects some of which failed miserably.
In a related note to this, in my old hometown of Estes Park, Colorado, they recently came out with a "Estes Park: Then And Now" book where a photographer found all these photos of the town from the ~1920's and as best as they could, recreated them shot for shot, so you could see the difference in the town.
And then 1 disease destroys it all. This is why China's reforestation projects fail as well, lack of biodiversity. And also, what about all the other people who helped him achieve this? Do they not deserve any praise?
I don't get it, don't deserts exist because they are very dry regions so he would have to bring the water in from somewhere else? How is that environmentally effiecient? If nature creates a desert why not leave it as a desert?
It is sentences like that which annoy me. That man is not standing with a picture of a forest. He restored the forest maybe, but He's definitely not holding a picture of the forest that he restored. He's standing in front of the forest He restored, with a picture of the land, apparently after the first forest? We have no idea if he actually really restored the forest because we don't know what the original forest look like. This man simply planted a forest Restoration is a whole different thing. Damn, this sentence really bothered me
Such a beautiful contribution to Mother Earth and civilization as well. His legacy will live on for very long time.
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so cool 😎 what an awesome photo
Sadly I fear something like what happened in the novel the Three Body Problem.
Story:
Thank you! I was hoping someone would provide more details
This is
100%
Also
How the fuck he do that
One tree at a time (and a lot of cocaine)
He cut down all of those trees alone and is good at editing, he made us believe this illusion with this one simple trick. Tree planters hate him
This man is a literal earth angel. So much life he has given back to our planet. 💚
Man completely ruined a desert.
I appreciate your dry humour.
lol. it was funny :)
Yer funny 😁
Sometimes a desert is better than a forest. In this case, it looks like he replaced a desert, which may blow nutrients into the surrounding area with a monoculture forest, which is almost certainly fail.
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Ain't no better flex than this one.
It's great that we can undo at least some of the damage that led our dumb, stupid ape brains to destroy our natural habitats in the pursuit of greed and consumer demand.
For those who are interested in contributing in a very simple way, simply choosing different products at the supermarket can make a massive difference.
I want to do this.
No time like the present
you should :)
This reminds me of the Chinese proverb:
if one man can do that imagine what a nation can do
Tear it down again?
Or a bunch of robots.
Finally something wholesome. I needed this
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Oh my, that’s amazing how someone can do so much in just one lifetime, that man knew that his mission was the restore a fine chunk of nature!
This man is an absolute Hero!!!
I mean... Ok... Is this in Pakistaan or Italy or... Like seriously at least put something we can Google.
Turkey.
News about him(Hikmet Kaya):
Dude's basically real life Robo from Chrono Trigger.
Only one word for this man.
What a legend indeed. That's incredible. Real life hero!
Anyone know who/where?
I'm not sure but maybe he is Şeyhmus Erginoğlu
Turkey
Everyone should grow at least 20 trees a year
This is a bot account.
Everyone has the power to change the world, here's a fine example of how to do it right!
It would be nice to have land to plant 1 tree .
And it’ll all get destroyed again soon enough lol
Wow. Respect! 💚
Love this, but the cameraman couldn't be bothered to rotate a few degrees to his left? He has the very literal frame of reference staring him in the face!
Thank you Hikmet Kaya! Not just "a man". A legend!
Don't know anything about this man or this forest but it looks like there's barely any biodiversity, just all the same uniform trees. Could just be planted to kickstart a new ecosystem but I feel like its just to farm these trees. Allthough I don't think thats too bad in this case, since there was barely any life here anyways, at least with this completely uniform forest some animals might still move in, and the trees photosynthesize anyways.
According to
Finally some comment about this. Let’s get things straight: A plantation is not a forest.
It's the lawn of forests, but it's a great start.
I imagine it’s hard to maintain a bio diverse actual forest. This is probably simply to ensure desertification doesn’t creep and it’s self sustaining.
Biggest in terms of forests but the ocean and the plants/algae is the largest CO2 recycler
Man. I'm so glad that he restored this beautiful picture.
Pretty misleading title. This was literally this dudes job, he managed a team of professionals and a bunch of volunteers also. Its not like he planted each tree or did it out of the goodness of his heart or something.
he did it after retirement
You mean picture of desert he destroyed 😡
lol, true. He is not holding a picture of a forest as OP states.
Legend
This man must be immeasurably proud.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
I hope this is some real (good) news ✨
A thousand thank-yous to this man!
wow cool
Based old guy.
Incoming loggers for a quick profit
So we located the best human
I have a feeling that he would destroy my arm if we play arm-wrestle
Chain saws go brrrrrrr. Jk that’s amazing of him
Well done! Hero! Now if everyone planted one tree, the results would be amazing.
Big W
Does he have a name?
This tells clearly what we're capable of, and must think what we're really doing with mother nature!
This is seriously amazing and beautiful.
We need more people like him on this planet ☀️✨
Thank you Sir!
Now he’s a real legend
This is one of those posts that I've seen at least 10 times, and I'm okay with that.
Man restores forest=legend. Oil company in Canada goes above and beyond for land reclamation=the devil
This man must be immeasurably proud.
What I thought Mr Beast was American? And a kid ?
You guys remember the 20mil trees guy .. this is him now, feel old yet ?
Because thats what heroes do
Wholesome
If you liked this photo, go read
Here's someone worth more to the world than every billionaire and politician combined and multiplied by 10. I could probably say the same about any normal citizen but this guys an actual hero, not a cop or a soldier fighting greed driven propaganda fueled wars, someone who is actually protecting the Earth. Look up to this guy.
Art idiot in me was trying to swipe for a second picture because I read the title as he restored a painting of the forest and thought it still looked discolored.
OK, so this is great and all, but he did not buy and plant 30,000,000 trees by himself. He was a forest manager with a team of people and over the 19 years he was employed as such, this one of his projects.
well done 👏
Don't forests restore themselves?
How long until it's cut down again?
nextfuckinglevel
this almost made me cry dfuk ?
What a real legacy this man is leaving
I was reading a paper the other day talking about how it's very possible the Amazon rainforest was started by man, due to the layout of the oldest trees etc...
Absolute rubbish "stated by man". The forwst was there before people.
One day another turk will come and burn it while making barbeque.
I've seen a few examples of people fostering a forest like this. Anyone know how they handle the watering of the trees, to help them getting established?
One problem has been planting fast-growing species when trying to stop desertification or reverse it. Trouble is what little original ground cover left has all of its water stolen by the thirsty trees. Nothing left to tie the soil down so the topsoil blows away and you get more desert. China has had some massive monoculture or limited species projects some of which failed miserably.
This man is a certified chad
Not all wealthy billionaires needs a space rocket. Guys like this are good for the world
I really think it's the other way around...
nextfuckinglevel
Thank you!
What an honorable thing to commit your life to
In a related note to this, in my old hometown of Estes Park, Colorado, they recently came out with a "Estes Park: Then And Now" book where a photographer found all these photos of the town from the ~1920's and as best as they could, recreated them shot for shot, so you could see the difference in the town.
WWI stripped America of old growth forests. Railroads and trenches that laced Europe.
Legend
That's amazing! Who is he?
AWESOME.
Did the guy start planting trees when he was a baby some of them trees are tall enough to be older then him
Not my proudest fap.
Mankind can cause great damage to their world.
Monoculture
Someday, I want to do this too.
My father knows him personally. The guy was a legend in their work environment (forest engineers)
Good man. We need more people like him.
Until he dies and the new owner clear cuts it.
Bless him..
Can you imagine the satisfaction he must have? Probably feels like he conquered the world.
This man is my HERO!
He did a shitty job restoring that photo
Wait, how did the trees grow that fast? When did he start?
That’s great
I'll use this as an excuse to post a link to
One greasing day of cattle will reverse every things over night
Cool, unless he created a monoculture.
Lorax origin story
Also known as Lore-ax
Who is this man? Where is the forest ? Which country? Very exciting !
This is the way
This is a GREAT man!
If one man can do all that, imagine what a corporation can do
SubhanAllah
Dude grows a whole forest and I can't even keep a Chia Pet alive! Legend!
This photo is so powerful
How could you do something like that?
And the Bible doth say,
This man has so much wood he makes Jonah Falcon envious.
He is posing with a picture of the absence of the Forest, with the Forest in the background.
That is not a picture of a forest
after beforest
What was his method?
More like the desert he ruined. SMH
Truly a hero we don’t deserve but desperately NEED!!
Okay I need to read up more on this guy, and how he did this. What an absolute legend.
Fucking legend
That's amazing!
Carefully, He’s a hero.
They should reforest the redneck, pro-lifers with trees. The world would be a better place.
He use his Chad powers
very wholesome!
what a legend
And then 1 disease destroys it all. This is why China's reforestation projects fail as well, lack of biodiversity. And also, what about all the other people who helped him achieve this? Do they not deserve any praise?
Hero
He restored that picture really good, but tbh that picture does not show a forest.
Magical!
I hope that is is well maintained & there are no wildfires there.
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Beautiful! ❤️
We should be here interviewing this guy and praising him and not some hypocritical and scripted teens like Greta Thunberg.
Would be nice to have before and after pics
He's holding the before picture lol
This is literally what the post is lol
Lol
I don't get it, don't deserts exist because they are very dry regions so he would have to bring the water in from somewhere else? How is that environmentally effiecient? If nature creates a desert why not leave it as a desert?
Thanks for your dumb comment i hope it doesnt happens again
it is called anthropogenic steppe not a desert there was meant to be forests before humans
It is sentences like that which annoy me. That man is not standing with a picture of a forest. He restored the forest maybe, but He's definitely not holding a picture of the forest that he restored. He's standing in front of the forest He restored, with a picture of the land, apparently after the first forest? We have no idea if he actually really restored the forest because we don't know what the original forest look like. This man simply planted a forest Restoration is a whole different thing. Damn, this sentence really bothered me