š Last updated: March 26, 2025
Can Nature win the war on climate change? Maybe with a little help from humanity.Ā Old military planes are now being reconditioned and refitted with new mechanics. Using these planes, we can drop tree bombs instead of landmines.
The program uses some of that fastest growing trees in the world, which grow over 10 feet per year.Ā These trees can fully counter the negative effects of de-forestation within a few years.
According to an article by theĀ GuardianĀ and followed-up byĀ Treehugger,Ā Ā Inhabitat, andĀ Themindunleashed:
āA fleet of unused and decommissioned C-130 Hercules cargo planes, originally created to drop land mines, could be recommissioned as foresters.”
TheĀ Mind UnleashedĀ described the process like this:
āThe current proposal retrofits unused C-130 Hercules cargo planes to drop cones of seeds. The cones ābury themselves in the soil of a deforested area at the same distance that one would want them to be if planting the trees by hand. The tree bombs donāt explode on impact but rather their casing dissolves over time and they contain a measure of fertilizer and enough moisture to ensure that the tree takes root.ā
Thailand already plans to use this program as one of the greatest “weapons” against deforestation:
Source: https://cultureofawareness.com;