Earth • STORY OF THE DAY • May 27, 2021 • 14 min read
Conservation ‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees – but how?
By
Michael Tatarski
• May 27, 2021
After a string of deadly typhoons in late 2020, Vietnam’s prime minister called for the country to plant 1 billion trees nationwide by 2025 to reduce the risk of landslides and flooding. But so far, the government has not released specifics on what species will be planted, where, by whom, or the cost