Frederik Vroom

Cities, provinces and people should consider planting more trees to help the climate crisis, although that won’t solve the entire problem, says a manager with a non-profit tree-planting organization visiting St. John’s this week. Frederik Vroom of Tree Canada is in Newfoundland and Labrador to address a provincial forestry conference, but his tree-planting message comes on the heels of both national and international strategies to incorporate silviculture into the fight to lower the planet’s carbon emissions. …”My main message is to really think clearly about where to put the trees, and what kind of trees where,'” he said. …Fast-growing trees, such as birches or poplars, capture more carbon than slow-growing varieties like spruce or oak. Vroom also recommended planting species native to the area to ensure they are as well adapted.