How can nature be used to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis and the harms that result from climate change?
When fires burn in the Jerusalem forest, in the Amazon and in the Pantanal, in Siberia, in Australia and in California, they ask if it is because of global warming. When storms, floods, periods of drought and dryness become more extreme, strong and long the same question is asked. It does not matter if the effect of warming is direct or indirect, there is no doubt that it exists, if only in intensifying and energizing extreme weather phenomena.
The recognition of the need for immediate activity is increasing and, as a result, also activity at different levels to mitigate global warming and to mitigate the damages from the frequent disasters. Most of the initiatives are centered around the search for technological solutions such as pumping the DTP from the atmosphere in different ways, or protective walls to prevent flooding in areas near beaches, but As I mentioned in the list about the whales, it is appropriate and correct to do to mitigate the warming and the hazards following climate change with the help and by nature.
The window of opportunity to harness the power of nature to protect us from the effects of climate change is closing fast. The fires, the death of corals, the melting of glaciers, all imply that the environmental system is approaching the point of no return from which subsystems will not be able to recover. The weakening of natural systems that are shock absorbers will cause a new order in which phenomena such as fires, floods and periods of drought will be stronger and more frequent, which will cause serious damage and loss of life.
The dangers of warming are illustrated and seen first of all in nature, but in nature there are also some of the answers and solutions to mitigate the impending disaster, for example, the restoration and preservation of forests that will absorb DTP, forests and wetlands will absorb DTP but will also form a sponge for rainwater and prevent floods. Restoration of mangrove forests will prevent coastal flooding, so will restoration of coral reefs.
As long as possible, it is appropriate that populations in the world learn to adapt to the effects of warming by sharing nature as an ally. Solutions like The green wall along the Sahel, in which farmers brought trees back to life and forested millions of dunams in an operation that the African Union defined as the flagship African initiative to combat damage to soil fertility, droughts and desertification.
Across the ocean in São Paulo, Brazil, they are still recovering from a drought that dried up the city in 2014, followed by floods that damaged infrastructure. Part of the recovery process is the planting of large forest areas around the city, the forest will absorb rainwater and thus stop floods and at the same time enrich the groundwater. The city joined the initiative "|city-forest” (Cities4Forests) a global movement that promotes the integration of nature in urban areas.
Even in New York, which is not at the head of the Green Parade, it is done Initiative for green infrastructure Through a green policy that includes, among other things, planting more trees, planting plants on roofs, collecting and pooling water (grey infrastructure), an initiative that according to the plan will save one and a half billion dollars within 20 years.
To protect islands from sea level rise, island nations are turning to nature: in the Marshall Islands mangrove forests are being restored and expanded, which is estimated to be four times cheaper and structurally effective than breakwaters or other protective structures. In East Africa, drought seasons alternate with rainstorms, these also cause damage, in order to overcome climate change, farmers began to adopt smart methods such as: planting trees on the borders of the plots, the trees maintain moisture in the soil, farmers return to drought-resistant crops such as cassava and sorghum. It turns out that the trees that were planted on the borders of the plots contributed to larger crops which provided the growers with nutritional security, to which of course the absorption of the DTP by the trees is added.
According to "Global Committee on Adaptation"There is an urgent need to increase resistance to climate change. Thus it was found that investing in improving processing methods in arid regions will result in an increase of approximately 100% in grain crops. It was also found that the restoration of forests in high areas from which water drains will prevent floods, absorb water in the soil and save water. It turns out that forest restoration will result in savings of about 900 million dollars in each of the five hundred largest cities in the world.
Reducing emissions and adapting to changes is not a question of barter. It would be foolish to ignore and miss the opportunity to do both things together.
The possibility of enlisting nature to help will not last forever. The environmental disasters mentioned above clarify the fragility of the two-way relationship between man and nature. The disasters will not disappear by themselves, therefore it is necessary to do everything to repair and restore nature. The survival of the human population depends on nature
Here: the Turks "succeeded" in cutting down the remaining forests in the country. The members of the British government understood the importance of the trees and began plantings that were continued and increased by the Jewish settlers. These plantings put Israel in a special place as the only country in the world where forest areas have grown. Except that there is a thorn in it, since the British and the settlers brought to Israel the eucalyptuses that are foreign to our region and the pines that they knew from Europe. The eucalyptuses have acclimatized" and contribute to the bees and the landscape. Not so the situation with the pine forests, whose combination with the ban on the cultivation of the black goat. Created fertile ground for fires that we suffer from to this day. There is no doubt about the importance and vitality of the plantings, but it is appropriate that the pines be replaced with local species that are suitable for the country's climate, a typical Mediterranean forest combined with limited grazing will add to the landscape, enrich the fauna, and contribute to the mitigation of warming.
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Only an increase in the amount of plankton and algae in the oceans is able to absorb enough hydrogen to deal with the warming.
Careful experiments should be done in fertilizing the oceans as a counterweight to the millions of tons of minerals that we remove from the oceans by fishing.
A large part of the plankton will sink to the bottom and forever remove the carbon that makes it up.
The pines have already been replaced, in the newer plantings you see a variety of Eretz Yisrael forest of oaks, those of Eretz Yisrael, carobs, cedars (resistant to the effects of snow) and more