Participants were instructed by a forest ranger and could then use a shovel to plant the trees. Anouk Haaxma and Gerrit Boonzaadjer, both project aldermen of ‘recovery of gust wind Leersum’ were also there this morning. Haaxma: “It was nice to see that not only people came from the area, but also from other villages. We spoke to a lady from Driebergen who often cycles there and also saw it as ‘her’ forest. She also came lend a hand.” Haaxma also saw three generations together. “Grandpa, grandma, the parents and children with a shovel. That indicates how important it is to people that there is something for the future, for the next generations. They will see it.”
Tree planting day in Leersum for Lombok forest recovery: ‘It will already be green in the spring’
