In the Voice of America Science and Health article “Report Sees Profit in Restoring Degraded Land,” journalist Steve Baragona examines how businesses worldwide are helping address the vast challenge of degraded land—an area larger than South America that has been deforested, eroded, drained, or salinized. Governments have pledged billions to restore hundreds of millions of hectares, but, as the article notes, “what’s missing are the businesses to make it happen.”
The piece features Brinkman’s leadership in this space, noting: “When it comes to planting trees, the Brinkman Group is one of the biggest. Over the last five decades, Brinkman has planted 1.4 billion trees on 1 million hectares of land. The company got its start replanting clear-cut forests in Canada. In the 1990s, it started growing trees on previously slashed-and-burned land in Central America. Brinkman created a diverse forest habitat with a mix of trees, including teak for furniture and flooring and rosewood for guitars. To preserve that habitat, trees would be selectively cut, not clear-cut, at harvest time.” — Voice of America
This feature places Brinkman’s work within a global movement that sees restoring forests and degraded land as both an ecological necessity and a viable path for sustainable business growth. Brinkman remains committed to reforestation that restores ecosystems, supports biodiversity, and builds resilient livelihoods across the landscapes we serve.
Read the entire article on Voice of America: Report Sees Profit in Restoring Degraded Land
