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The City Planting a Million Trees in Two Years
As described so eloquently here by the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the loss
of forest due to the impact of climate change is about much more than the loss
of beauty and shade. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is leading her city's efforts to
make Freetown a tree town by planting one million trees in two years, increasing
the vegetation cover by 50%. The goal is to reduce the risk of landslides and
flooding and to reintroduce biodiversity. Loss of forest is about the loss of
ability to live and Freetown is on its way to insuring the ability of all of its
residents to live.
