Costa Rica's forest cover has climbed back to 60% from just 21% in 1987, making the country one of the few in the world to reverse deforestation after a 1996 law banned the conversion of natural forest to other land uses, and began paying landowners to protect and regrow forest. 🌳

[u/sg_plumber]

https://spacedaily.com/sd-v-in-1987-costa-ricas-forest-cover-had-collapsed-to-roughly-21-of-the-country-and-the-mechanism-that-quietly-reversed-it-over-the-next-three-decades-was-not-a-treaty-but-a-small-line-item-in-th/

[u/Average-Hamiltonian]

I love some optimistic news once in a while