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* Add ant forest project

* Add ant forest to reforestation
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With dams causing wild salmon populations to go extinct, their only benefit is hydropower, yet dams are woefully inefficient by modern standards. For example, the Tugalo Dam in Georgia destroyed 597 acres of temperate rainforest to produce 45 Megawatts, which is the equivalent of 7,500 homes adding 6kw rooftop solar panels. We should tear down these damns as soon as possible, be that when their contract runs out or sooner, instead of wasting tax-payer money operating them or trying to revive them. [More on Last Week Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpzvaqypav8).

## Reforestation
- [Ant Forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_Forest) - Ant Forest is a scheme launched on Alipay mobile client by Ant Financial Services Group. Combining the Internet, finance and a low-carbon lifestyle, it is a personal carbon account as well as public benefit activity: if users walk, travel by public transport, pay utility fees online, pay traffic tickets online and generate other low-carbon activities, they would reduce corresponding carbon emissions. These would be counted and converted into virtual "green energy" and users could use these energy to raise a virtual tree in their Ant Forest account. When enough energy has been earned to grow a virtual tree, it would be converted into a real tree and planted in some real areas in China by people supported by Ant Financial Services Group and its partners. By August 27, 2019,122 million trees were planted in China by Alipay ant forest.
- [Arbor Day Foundation](https://www.arborday.org/) - The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation and education organization. A million members, donors, and partners support our programs to make our world greener and healthier.
- [Bunq Greencard](https://www.bunq.com/link/upgrade-greencard) - Dutch online-only bank with a credit card which plants trees for the money you spend.
- [Coforest](https://coforest.co.uk/) - To create our first co-forest in the Bath & Bristol area, we’re inviting organisations and individuals to adopt up to an acre of land. You’ll be able to name your forest plot and even help to plant it. Together, we’ll create a whole new forest.
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