Afforestation is the buzzword these days. And reasonably too. Destruction of forests has been found to be one of the major reasons for increasing Greenhouse Gases(GHG) in the atmosphere. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out the oxygen that enables us to sustain. They bring rains, fight drought, and increase biodiversity. Besides all of that, forests act as a large sink of carbon in the Earth which is released when we burn them. Deforestation thus upsets the carbon cycle that normally tries to maintain a balance in carbon content in the atmosphere.
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Penang, located at the western end of the Malayan peninsula was a place I had unheard of. Its historical salience lay in its strategic location at the crossroads of oceanic trade routes, thus attracting people from places beyond its domains. My ignorance notwithstanding, the historic city of Georgetown which is a small island on the Strait of Malacca, graciously hosted me back in 2014 and 2015 when I had to travel there for business.
Mahesh MS 