Genghis Kahn the first Green

[wayneL]

This article is enough to make present day Greens green with envy, many of whom subscribe to Kahn's methodology.

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0120-hance_mongols.html

 

[drsmith]

From the article;

Of course, before society can even consider global reforestation, global deforestation must be halted. Despite worldwide concern and numerous initiatives over the years (both local and global) forests continue to fall at staggering rates.

In Australia we have a lot of land with little vegetation and, as noted recently, a lot of fresh water that flows into the sea. In that, is there a potential option to manage our contribution to atmospheric carbon content ?

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

This article is enough to make present day Greens green with envy, many of whom subscribe to Kahn's methodology.

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0120-hance_mongols.html

One must bow down to The Great Khan's Green Initiatives.

And yes it does resemble Green policy.

To quote from the article.

The answer to how this happened can be told in one word: reforestation. When the Mongol hordes invaded Asia, the Middle East, and Europe they left behind a massive body count, depopulating many regions. With less people, large swathes of cultivated fields eventually returned to forests, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

What a Green.

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