To Resurrect Jordan’s Lost Forests, People Plant Tiny Urban Ones

The team’s test plots also host some of Jordan’s rarest flora. In Marka, that includes saplings of Pistacia lentiscus, the wild pistachio tree—there are only about 50 left in the wild in Jordan—and Celtis australis, sometimes called a European hackberry, which is even more rare. However, not everyone is convinced these small-scale forests will help […]

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