These volunteers are planting trees to fight biodiversity loss

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Planting trees to fight climate change and biodiversity loss is the goal of Reforest'Action.   Brut Nature followed a team of volunteers out in the field. That day, they planted their 3 millionth tree.

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00:00Hello, I'm Stéphane Allaire.

00:02Today, we're planting a forest,

00:04because it's the best solution against climate change

00:06and biodiversity erosion.

00:30This is where we're going to plant the 1,500 trees today.

00:34Here we are.

00:35We're going to take the plan bags,

00:37we're going to take the pickaxes.

00:38It's old-fashioned.

00:40And we're going to do it.

00:41So the chains, the famous chains,

00:44here they are.

00:45Let's go.

00:46It's very manual.

00:48The goal is to make a hole

00:50to insert the root.

00:52And the ultra-important tip,

00:54we tap.

00:55This is of crazy importance.

00:57So your heel

00:58becomes a tool.

01:00And here we go again.

01:12So we're in a forest,

01:14which used to be a rainforest,

01:15affected by a disease,

01:16calcareous.

01:17And it's quite emblematic

01:19of the challenges of the French forest,

01:21which is affected by diseases,

01:22storms, fires.

01:24And at the international level,

01:25we have to add to all this

01:27the deforestation that prevails

01:28throughout the intertropical zone.

01:30It is for all these reasons

01:31that it is important to preserve

01:32the primary forests

01:33and to replant forests

01:35all over the world.

01:57Hello Elodie.

01:58Hello.

01:59Is this your first time planting a tree?

02:00Uh, yes.

02:01This is my first time this morning.

02:02Yeah? Do you like it?

02:03Yes, I like it.

02:04I like seeing the concrete

02:05and seeing what it does.

02:06I decided to go plant it myself

02:07to see how it is doing in the field

02:09and to really know how it can act too.

02:11Well, you see,

02:12this morning we arrived

02:13and there was nothing.

02:15We're going to leave again this afternoon.

02:17There is going to be a forest

02:18to plant.

02:19I see.

02:20I'm going to plant.

02:21I'm going to plant.

02:22So, I'm going to plant here.

02:23I'm going to plant here.

02:24I'm going to plant here.

02:25I'm going to plant here.

02:26It's also through trees that nature will be able to survive,

02:30so I think it's a first reaction that is essential.

02:39For example, planting a forest of 5,000 trees throughout your life,

02:42it can be 5 trees per month,

02:44but planting 5,000 trees throughout your life,

02:46it allows you to compensate for these CO2 emissions,

02:49after of course reducing them,

02:51but it also allows you to strengthen biodiversity,

02:53to filter water, to retain soils

02:55and to create jobs.

02:57You can see behind me people planting

02:59both oak trees,

03:01as well as hazelnuts

03:03and hazelnuts.

03:04Because for reforestation,

03:06diversity in the forest is particularly important,

03:08because it allows the forest to better resist

03:11the hazards of climate change,

03:13such as droughts or frostbites.

03:26Reforestation was created in 2010,

03:28we are now 9 years old,

03:30and today we have planted our 3 millionth tree.

03:33I would like to say to all the people

03:35who decide to plant their forests,

03:36to be aware of the importance of their actions.

03:38What they do is obviously important

03:40for future generations,

03:41for the environment,

03:42but also for themselves,

03:43because planting trees

03:45is opening up a new way of life

03:47and it's a little bit of happiness.

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