COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish lawmakers on Monday called for planting 1 billion trees over the next 20 years and converting 10% of farmland into forests and natural habitats to reduce fertilizer use. Agreed to the agreement.
The government called the agreement “the biggest change to Denmark's situation in more than 100 years.”
“Denmark's nature will be transformed in a way not seen since the wetlands were drained in 1864,” says the Green Deal, agreed in June between farmers, industry and workers. said Jeppe Bruce, head of the Danish Green Tripartite Ministry, which was established for the purpose. trade unions and environmental groups;
Under the agreement, 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) will be allocated to acquire land from farmers over the next 20 years, the government said.
Denmark's forests will need to grow on an additional 250,000 hectares (618,000 acres) and a further 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres) currently cultivated on climate-damaging lowland soils will need to be converted to nature. Currently, 14.6% of the land is covered by forests.
The agreement was reached by Denmark's three-party government, made up of the Social Democratic Party, Liberal Party, and Center Moderate Party, as well as the Socialist People's Party, Conservative Party, Freedom Alliance, and Social Liberal Party.
A parliamentary vote on the deal is considered a formality.
In June, the government announced that starting in 2030, livestock farmers will be taxed on the greenhouse gases emitted by cows, sheep, and pigs. The country will be the first to target a tax on a major source of emissions of methane, one of the most powerful gases contributing to global warming. global warming.
