Madagascar experiments with drones for its massive reforestation effort

Mongabay
Oct 19, 2020, 3:45 am227 pts
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — To achieve its ambitious large-scale reforestation goals, Madagascar is turning to the sky. The country will use drones to plant trees in isolated areas. The plan is to drop up to 400,000 tree seeds per day. In a speech to the Senate on June 23, Prime Minister Christian Ntsay…

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