Germany mulls funding massive €800 million reforestation effort | World News, The Indian Express

Germany mulls funding massive €800 million reforestation effort | World News, The Indian Express

By Deutsche Welle |Published: September 26, 2019 2:08:02 pm

Germany mulls funding massive €800 million reforestation effort

With German forests in crisis, the agriculture minister has urged a rescue effort that could cost up to €800 million to complete. Authorities are struggling against invasive insects, chronic drought and forest fires.

The BDF has previously urged planting a billion new trees in Germany within the next decade. (Source: DW)

Germany must revitalise its forests in order to fight climate change, Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner told public broadcaster SWR ahead of the National Forest Summit, which started on Wednesday.