Thousands of hectares of forest are disappearing due to intensive deforestation every year.
And with them, many animals lose their natural habitat...
Unfortunately, only a handful of trees are then replanted to replace those that have been cut down.
This is why it is essential to replant as many trees as possible!
At comment-economiser.fr, we also participate in replanting thanks to our partnership here with Planète Urgence.
Our program has already planted more than 10,000 trees in just a few months.
Thanks to you, we plant a new tree every 2 hours .
And the good news is that we are far from alone!
Some people dedicate their lives to reforesting what the logging industry destroys so quickly...
This is the case of a Brazilian couple:the famous photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado.
For 20 years, they have dedicated their time and money to replanting a lost forest.
Their amazing story will definitely inspire and inspire you to join this movement.
Image Credits:Sebastiao Salgado
Sebastião Salgado is one of the most famous Brazilian photojournalists.
His photos have been published in many magazines.
After traveling around the world to take pictures, the photographer returned home to Brazil in the 90s.
He had just finished a photo report on the appalling Rwandan genocide.
And then he needed to rest both physically and emotionally.
Unfortunately, what he found on his return to his country caused him a new shock.
The forests he had once known to be lush and teeming with wildlife had simply been razed.
Instead, only dry, barren land remained.
So Sebastião decided to act.
With his wife, they imagined something crazy:reforest the forest.
And so began their incredible adventure!
Image Credits:institutoterra
"The earth was sick, just like I was. Everything had been destroyed," he told The Guardian newspaper in an interview.
"Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees. So that's where my wife had this genius idea to replant the forest.
And that's what we started doing. So all the insects, birds and fish came back.
And thanks to the multiplication of trees, I too was reborn.
It was a watershed moment."
Image Credits:institutoterra
The couple then created a small association called Instituto Terra.
She helped bring life back to the forest by planting 2 million saplings.
Sebastião is then convinced that he has found the right solution.
"There is only one living entity that can transform CO2 into oxygen. And that is the tree. So we have to replant the forest," said the photographer.
"But you need a forest made up of native trees. And you have to collect the seeds from the same area. Otherwise the snakes and the termites won't settle there.
If you plant trees that do not belong in the forest, the animals do not come there. And so the forest remains silent."
Image Credits:institutoterra
For the next 20 years, the couple took care of the replanted forest.
So it came back to life. Then, in turn, the wild animals came back!
By the time the trees grew back, 172 species of birds, 33 species of mammals, 293 species of plants and 15 species of reptiles were back.
Image Credits:institutoterra
The couple's hard work and determination have become shining proof of the feats that can be accomplished.
Being dedicated to a cause and working together in solidarity makes it possible to accomplish great things.
Image Credits:Sebastiao Salgado
"We must listen to the words of indigenous peoples," said the photographer.
Image Credits:Sebastiao Salgado
“Nature is the earth and the beings that inhabit it. If we don't respect our planet, I fear that our future will be in jeopardy. »
