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Consciously or unconsciously, all of us
have been using our Earth’s resources to
an extent that today we have become the
main exploiters of the Earth’s eco
system. Development has a role, a
positive one too, but we have lost the
energy of our planet through
deforestation, mining, burning fossil
fuels and so on. This fact was perceived
by Dr Jannie Tay twelve years ago. She
started the EnergyGreen movement which
works towards reenergizing the planet by
reforestation and Tissue Culture
plantation for faster growing cultivars.
It is a proven fact that about 25 to 30
percent of the greenhouse gases
released into the atmosphere each year
– 1.6 billion tonnes – is due to
deforestation. This will result at an
estimated 87 to 130 billion tonnes of
carbon emissions by 2100. This fact
simply does not deter Dr Jannie Tay. She
has already planted 1.2 million trees
across Asia and is accelerating with a
relentless determination to grow one
billion trees.
Dr Jannie Tay believes that trees are
indispensable for not only our
grandchildren and the generations
thereafter but also for us today. She
lives the fact that reducing
deforestation rates by 50 percent over
the next century will save an average of
about half a billion metric tons of
carbon emission every year. This is
enough to account for as much as 12% of
the total reductions required to meet
the IPCC target of 450 parts per
million of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere by the year 2100.
She smiles with confidence. She is
already a forerunner in this fight
against Global Warming through
sustainable reforestation and believes
that we will combat it successfully. |
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