Each person in Germany produces an average of 10.4 tonnes of CO2 equiva\u00adlents per year. These emissions are made up of various sectors: consump\u00adtion accounts for the largest share at 28 per cent (clothing, electro\u00adnics, leisure activi\u00adties), followed by housing at 22 per cent, mobility at 19 per cent and nutri\u00adtion at 15 per cent. To achieve the Paris climate targets, this figure would have to fall to well below one tonne per person per year.<\/p>\n
One hectare of near-natural deciduous forest can bind and store between 10 and 13 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year in the long term. This storage capacity depends on the tree species, age and site condi\u00adtions. A healthy beech forest, for example, stores several hundred tonnes of carbon over its lifetime in the wood, in the soil and in the root mass. In this way, one hectare of site-appro\u00adpriate deciduous forest theore\u00adti\u00adcally compen\u00adsates for around one person\u2019s annual CO2 emissions<\/p>\n
With every new deciduous tree planted, you promote CO\u2082 storage and help improve air quality and slow global warming. However, not every tree is suited to every site. With your support, Trinkwasserwald e.V. there\u00adfore focuses on planting site-appro\u00adpriate deciduous trees in order to plant climate-resilient and species-rich mixed deciduous forests where former conife\u00adrous forests, planted far from their natural site, are already suffe\u00adring from climate change and have been severely damaged.<\/p>\n
Site-appro\u00adpriate deciduous trees such as European beech, sessile oak or hornbeam are adapted to regional soil and climate condi\u00adtions. They grow more steadily, promote humus forma\u00adtion, store rainwater, withstand drought and storms better, and thus help secure the develo\u00adp\u00adment of climate-resilient and future-proof forests. Such forests can bind CO\u2082 in the long term, provide habitat for count\u00adless animal and plant species and protect our most valuable asset: clean drinking water.<\/p>\n
With your donation, you help actively drive forward the natural trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the forest. Every contri\u00adbu\u00adtion supports new plantings that give native forests back their protec\u00adtion, diver\u00adsity and stabi\u00adlity. In this way, you not only support climate action, but also the preser\u00adva\u00adtion of our natural basis for life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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