Fukushima Begins Restoration of Forests Destroyed by Tsunami

Yale Environment 360: Fukushima Prefecture will soon begin a nine-year restoration of coastal forests devastated by last year's tsunami, including the planting of 4.6 million seedlings over a 90-mile stretch of coastline. With the financial assistance of other prefectures, the Fukushima government will begin collecting pine cones this year that officials hope will grow into the seedlings of new pine forests within two years. While the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake swamped coastal forests in six prefectures,...

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