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The Environment / Re: Is Carbon Cycling plausible?
« on: 22/09/2010 11:40:51 »
By the way, that instance, although well documented, was in the past, at a high altitude.
Here’s a relevant, current example, underway at ground level in an arid continent, using waste water (which is in significant but not unlimited supply domestically)
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/942/en1.htm
Forests of the future
Egypt today is in the midst of a quest to create forests on subfertile land using treated sewage water, and, according to Maged George, minister of state for environmental affairs, "this national programme for planting forests and watering them with sewage water would help to recycle sewage, reduce pollution, improve the environment and make money"
With the new sewage treatment facilities being built across the country, Egypt today produces some 2.5 billion cubic metres of treated water annually, a figure that may go up to 4 billion cubic metres over the next few years, and much of this water could be used to create new forests on the edge of Egypt's expansive deserts…
The current programme of forest-planting began 12 years ago...
"Egypt now has 32 forests covering 100-200 feddans each... These forests not only produce wood and keep the air clean, but they also provide habitats for endangered species and create new jobs for local people."
Our proposal is effectively to start from the coast, from which a plentiful supply of moisture can be drawn inland sustainably, using the Ascension Island model.
Here’s a relevant, current example, underway at ground level in an arid continent, using waste water (which is in significant but not unlimited supply domestically)
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/942/en1.htm
Forests of the future
Egypt today is in the midst of a quest to create forests on subfertile land using treated sewage water, and, according to Maged George, minister of state for environmental affairs, "this national programme for planting forests and watering them with sewage water would help to recycle sewage, reduce pollution, improve the environment and make money"
With the new sewage treatment facilities being built across the country, Egypt today produces some 2.5 billion cubic metres of treated water annually, a figure that may go up to 4 billion cubic metres over the next few years, and much of this water could be used to create new forests on the edge of Egypt's expansive deserts…
The current programme of forest-planting began 12 years ago...
"Egypt now has 32 forests covering 100-200 feddans each... These forests not only produce wood and keep the air clean, but they also provide habitats for endangered species and create new jobs for local people."
Our proposal is effectively to start from the coast, from which a plentiful supply of moisture can be drawn inland sustainably, using the Ascension Island model.