Planting
In response to COVID-19, Pakistan is enacting the new triple bottom line: responsibility, resilience and regeneration. Day labourers who have become unemployed during the crisis are being given the option to become ‘jungle workers’, planting saplings as part of the country’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami programme. Although 500 rupees ($3) per day for planting trees is only half of a typical pre-crisis wage, it is nevertheless an act of responsibility to give people a financial lifeline and the dignity of a job. It is also helping the society and the economy to be more resilient, while regenerating the ecosystem.
— Wayne Visser
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