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Denmark to plant a billion trees

Rob Beschizza
Nov 29, 2024
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Denmark, roughly the area of Wisconsin, is to plant a billion trees, replacing 15 percent of the nation's farmland with forest. $6.1 billion was earmarked by legislators in compensation to the those whose property will become national parkland. Government figures report 14.6% of land in Denmark is forest, but it rests dead…

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