Fund native-species restoration through vetted local partners, and report multi-year survival — not seedlings planted

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Fund local partners to restore native species on degraded land — not carbon-rich habitat that doesn't need trees — with multi-year aftercare and satellite-plus-field monitoring. Report trees alive over time, not seedlings planted.

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King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Failed

Local council tree-planting scheme, King's Lynn (Norfolk, UK)· Neighborhood

An open space on the edge of King's Lynn, Norfolk, was planted with around 6,000 trees in plastic tree guards, intended to create a carbon sink. Reporting found that almost all trees died. Three compounding errors were…

Trees planted (in plastic guards)0~6,000trees

Collateral habitat impactspecies-rich, carbon-negative grassland destroyed; net carbon source created

Local authority / council-backed tree-planting scheme· 1 source

Arnaud Gissinger

Çorum, Turkey

Failed

Government of Turkey — Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / General Directorate of Forestry· 2019–2020· National

On 11 November 2019 ('National Forestation Day'), Turkey's government ran 'Breath for the Future,' planting roughly 11 million saplings at over 2,000 sites in a single day. At Çorum, volunteers set a Guinness World Reco…

Saplings planted in one hour at Çorum (world record)~303,150saplings

Saplings planted nationwide on 11 Nov 2019~11,000,000 across 2,000+ sitessaplings

Turkish government (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), volunteer-planted· 3 sources

Arnaud Gissinger

Global program (Ecosia GmbH, Berlin, Germany)

Ongoing

Ecosia GmbH (Berlin) funding vetted local planting partners across 35+ countries· since 2009· Global

Ecosia funds local partner organisations in biodiversity hotspots and degraded land across 35+ countries; partners grow, plant, and nurture trees through establishment. The program uses 900+ diverse native species, expl…

Trees funded since 2009230M+trees

Native species planted900+species

Ecosia search advertising revenue (ad-click share); ≥80% of profit historically directed to tree-planting, with the remainder to other climate action· 2 sources

Arnaud Gissinger

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