fullscreen The village of Buwayr in Iraq. Photo: Wikipedia
One million newly planted heat-resistant trees on the plains of northern Iraq.
The population hopes that this will alleviate the effect of climate change, writes SVT.
Iraq is one of the countries most affected by climate change, where warming is twice as fast as the global average.
Outside Mosul, the ear of corn used to sway in the wind, here was the center of Iraq’s wheat production.
Now the drought has forced half of the inhabitants of the village of Buwayr to move in the last five years.
– We can’t grow when we don’t have any rain. Then people leave, says farmer Shalan Fadl to SVT.
Through a collection among both companies and private individuals have contributed to the purchase of trees.