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"COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to
plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural
habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage.
The government called the agreement “the biggest change to the Danish landscape
in over 100 years.”
“The Danish nature will change in a way we have not seen since the wetlands
were drained in 1864,” said Jeppe Bruus, head of Denmark’s Green Tripartite
Ministry, created to implement a green deal reached in June among farmers, the
industry, the labor unions and environmental groups.
Under the agreement, 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) have been earmarked to
acquire land from farmers over the next two decades, the government said.
Danish forests would grow on an additional 250,000 hectares (618,000 acres),
and another 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres), which are currently cultivated on
climate-damaging low-lying soils, must be converted to nature. Currently, 14.6%
of land is covered by forests.
The deal was reached by the three-party Danish government — made up of the
Social Democrats, the Liberals and the center Moderates — and the Socialist
People’s Party, the Conservatives, Liberal Alliance and the Social Liberal
Party.
A vote in parliament on the deal is considered a formality."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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