Restoring polluted land: Unique reforestation land trust launched in Quebec

When there is no nature to preserve, the only way to clean the air is to reforest

Why It Matters

All Canadian cities have industrial neighbourhoods that negatively impact the residents' quality of life and life expectancy, and the lack of green space worsens matters. Demineralizing and decontaminating a portion of the land is a promising solution. A social utility trust, or any other equivalent legal vehicle, is an effective structure for implementing this solution, so a group of Quebec City citizens is testing the formula.

What do you do when your land trust can’t find any clean land to protect? You use the trust to create some.

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