Re-Foresting Afghanistan ~ The Afghan Tree Project

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By: Will Kearns, 12/04/2013

 

Afghanistan has been shredded; a country rich with fruits, nuts, melons, and forests was degraded into barren hillsides and emaciated rubble. Torn by decades of war and internal resource depletion, but with the promise of vast mineral “riches” yet untapped beneath the ground, its history has brought it to a special place in time that begs the question — how do we move forward? There are two very different dynamics developing in response to the question and what we do as readers at the end of this article may directly affect the outcome.

 

For more information visit:

http://permaculturenews.org/2013/12/04/re-foresting-afghanistan/

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