Tree Bombing

O Treehugger revisita um artigo de 1999 do Guardian, que sugere a alteração de aviões militares para fazerem bombardeamentos de sementes. Acho que era uma boa, especialmente em zonas desérticas e zonas de condições climatéricas más, para onde se podiam transferir frutiferas e criar ecosistemas sustentáveis.

"Equipment installed in the huge C-130 transport aircraft used by the military for laying carpets of landmines across combat zones has been adapted to deposit the trees in remote areas including parts of Scotland.

The tree cones are pointed and designed to bury themselves in the ground at the same depth as if they had been planted by hand. They contain fertilizer and a material that soaks up surrounding moisture, watering the roots of the tree. The containers are metal but rot immediately so the tree can put its roots into the soil."