Egypt: The Amazing Forest in the Desert | Global 3000

Fertile land is scarce in Egypt. All of life depends on water from the Nile River. 85 million Eyptians are settled along its banks. The rest of the country is desert. Egyptian and German scientists have now found a way of cultivating forests in the desert sand.
It looks like a fata morgana. But the forests in the Egyptian desert are real. They're watered with processed sewage. 24 such forests have sprung up across the country over the past eight years. The sewage is rich in nutrients and fuels the growth of plants like mahagony, eucalyptus and sisal.
A Report by Florian Nusch
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[@annasfbi]

Congratulations Egypt! We need this projects to be implemented in Algeria

[@FeelingShred]

this is not solution, search videos from Masanobu Fukuoka, natural agriculture, recovering soils for permanent use

[@Vache0espagnole]

I second that emotion. Also, look into what the Anglo/Australian permaculturalist Geoff Lawton does in Jordan in his video 'Greening the Desert'.

[@zyadthejocker]

north africa botherhood ...... much love back from egypt..... we should build a bond between north africa based on mutal interest and common goals economicaly instead of worthless slogans

[@dusan19377]

Research: Groasis You can try it cheap at some of your land. Record and in a few years, it can start revolution in forestry of Algeria! :D Cheers

[@Frenchkisssss]

And in Morocco too my Algerian brother...

[@karnajamatia97]

I'm always fascinated with re-greening the planet. This project is doing great.... congrats Egypt

[@basemali847]

ur name look Indian...greetings

[@Gardeningat58N]

I'd love to visit this place or even carry out research here. All those dead leaves on the ground are going to transform the soil and allow the trees to grow even better as time goes on. Once the microorganisms get into the soil and break down the vegetation the sand will be mixed with organic matter allowing more water and nutrients to be stored in the soil. This will transform the sand into rich fertile soil which would allow more valuable trees to be grown.

[@creamcheese3208]

I was thinking the same thing, but another issue at stake here is that these leaves - for now - represent a massive fire hazard. Once it burns, for whatever reason, everything will go up in flames quickly. The buried plastic and metal pipes, together with a tree type that is not going to survive without artificial watering, make this project somewhat less sustainable - and inferior to what China is doing in the Gobi desert.

[@russellringland1399]

@@creamcheese3208 At some point the soil will start to build up enough to support the trees.

[@russellringland1399]

The microorganisms should be imported from the ground where these trees grow as natives. We cannot expect the organisms to find their way on their own. I don't think you need to bring lots of soil. But bring a wide variety of samples of the native soil. Then I think the trees could grow even faster.

[@dusan19377]

It's a lovely idea, I am gardener too. I believe this desert can't transform to fertile soil. First of all, the climate of Egypt is too dry for organic matter to decompose and sustain microorganisms as well as make soil fertile. These trees are sustainable only with artificial water pumping witch can also transform this forests into a dead forests in a matter of months once water pumps stop. Why? Because they were watered since the beginning and their roots did not penetrate deep enough to find underground water. The only idea for reviving such severe deserts with extremely deep sand, I see only in Groasis system of desert planting trees. After I've seen progress in Saudi Arabian sand deserts without watering the plants but encouraging them to develop deep roots, I believe it could work in Egypt as well.

[@LureThosePixels]

The problem is, leaves need water/rain to break down. In Australia for example, leaves don't break down much/at all - and instead present a fire hazhard like someone above said.

[@AndrewPolich]

Using sewage to water (non-fuit bearing) trees? Love the idea. Maybe California should look into this.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Great thinking!

[@1caramarie]

By the time the water gets to the fruit through the roots of the trees and to the leaves, I wouldn't worry too much about sewage. Now in the US it's different, because the waste water if full of toxic chemicals, that people ingest as medications.

[@molnarriki4876]

World should look into this

[@dougoverhoff7568]

Na! This makes too much sense for California to do. Besides, it's cost efficient, and our California politicos would never get behind anything that didn't have high expenses, low yield. How would they be able to graft any substantial amount? Waste of their time. 😁

[@orangemoonglows2692]

they do used gray water in california

[@ReFriedNoodles]

I imagine if the forest became large enough, it could become self sustaining like the Amazon used to be.

[@SprinkleofWilly]

I am so excited to hear this news. It sound like a absolutely great idea! I hope this will be the future to save this planet.

[@trem876]

Sprinkleofwilly it's actually a very bad idea, pine and eucalyptus are the worse trees to plant. This is just a tree farm.

[@agnividhyut]

As this is in the middle of the Sahara, that doesn't really matter. But you are right about pine and eucalyptus being horrible invaders. If the project is replicated in other non-desert areas(and it must!), local tree species need to be planted

[@trem876]

Akshay vaidyanathan think of the forest fires, and waste of water

[@Vache0espagnole]

I think the waste of water happens when we shit in it, Bruce V. Forest fires could indeed be an issue in hyper-dry climates where eucalyptus and pines are being planted. Why aren't they planting local and historic trees though, like date palm, acacia, cedars of Lebanon?

[@petepetersen5418]

you should watch "green gold" a documentary by john d. lui, it's amazing what we can accomplish if we put our hands to work.

[@Rich-nj9nn]

Reforesting the Middle East would make the climate there cooler and wetter. Rivers would flow where now there is only desert.

[@MessiMerdo]

this most of the climate change and desertification in the Middle East is human made. 10 thousand of years of lifestock farming and centuries of war have caused this. The first years these trees will need water supply support but as shown in an Ethiopian example with time natural rivers might and will probably be born.

[@imoneixusa9742]

If the western part of the Saudi peninsula can be targeted with terraces and water retention projects, all the coasts of the Red Sea and North African continent planted with mangroves and use inland sea water farming techniques (like done in Egypt right now) and the southern part of the Sahara Desert kept in check by the Great Green Wall and the water retention techniques employed in the Sahel further expanded across the continent, the resulting circle of green will draw in extra moisture rich clouds to the southern part of the desert and allow the techniques used in recharging the underground aquifers to replenish and be used to replant the area till the desert shrinks and turns back to grassland. This could be the biggest biggest geoengineering project, but with an area 3-4 times the area of the USA it will allow the earth to cool back down to levels not seen since the beginning of industrialization

[@chor2336]

@@imoneixusa9742 I have read some stuff that claims that reclaiming those deserts could hurt other places like the Amazon.

[@imoneixusa9742]

@@chor2336 very unlikely according to all my research. It would have to literally change the direction the winds of the Southern Atlantic blow

[@chor2336]

@@imoneixusa9742 higher umidity in the air can change how it flows.

[@mubizz80]

That's a great sign that with a positive mind, a lot can be achieved. Well done Egypt

[@gracemclean558]

Awesome transformation...looks beautiful...Congrats Egypt

[@masrawy367]

I just wanna say that all Egyptians appreciate ur effort...and I hope all the desert in Egypt to become forests

[@lesadams647]

Save some of the land for Solar Electricity generation ! Energy suitable for the irrigation pumps as well as for domestic and industrial use.

[@BNHC0]

@@lesadams647 If it was possible to forest 99% of the desert, you'd still have an abundance of viable land for solar power

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Imagine a floating solar powered reverse osmosis plant pumping water to the desert.

[@masrawy367]

that would be amazing

[@booboomalaka]

That's crazy to imagine giant forest over the Sahara desert. Give it a couple decades

[@joeday397]

But it will never spread beyond the irrigation pipes

[@anklepick9524]

Sahara ones was a green lush. But if Sahara gets green then the Amazonas forest will die. Alot of sand/nutrients travel with winds from Sahara to the Amazonas forest.

[@TeslaKuhn8]

@@anklepick9524 I wish they would stop telling people this. It's utterly ridiculous. There are jungles and forests all over the world that do just fine without the Sahara sands. The Amazon alone has plenty of biomass to build on. It's all a matter of being wise stewards.

[@jimwilleford6140]

Joe Day Not necessarily true. Trees help to create climate change. No, I don’t know science, but there’s an incredible video on Utube. I believe the name is Selah. A real event where creating the elements for life and natural water restoration to old springs reared an exemplary paradise. I am sure it can be replicated in many arid places on the planet.

[@jimwilleford6140]

Tesla Kuhn Agreed!

[@MrNepalChhanel]

well done Egypt. let's save the earth. love from nepal

[@jesusv.5828]

And we want to land and colonize on mars...how about if we reclaim our deserts first? ...just a thought.

[@glebsokolov8016]

Jesus V. Same for colonizing Antarctica

[@rustypudder7072]

Jesus V. "Without the recycled water the forests die" and no amount of trees or your "reclaiming" can change this. Desert is Egypt's climate. Highschool should of taught you about this.

[@jbbuzzable]

@Jesus V. Who said that we need to make a choice. We should do both.

[@jbbuzzable]

@Rusty Pudder Have you seen what China has done to reclaim what desertification has taken away? And they don't teach you that in high school.

[@SkeleandStar]

trees and grass will change everything, rain and ground water will start appearing in places that hasn't seen rain in a long time, Egypt climate wasnt always like this, there are projects like this happening all over the world and they have seen results, water streams appearing, animals coming back, this kind of thing also prevents floods,

[@MrRasZee]

The true genius of this project is that waste sewage is used, they could plant anything ... this is a sewage converting to clean water vapor plant.....I captain planet approve of this message

[@sunnycriti9809]

Great Project. Make the Earth Green. One of the best things to do against drought

[@MohdZakir-xp8im]

Amazing idea using sevage water for plantination of trees in desert ,they have already reclaimed 240 hectares of deserts land that would eventually convert into fertile land in due course ,expending it will ultimately help to break the high pressure areas that is always over a desert and blocks the process of cloud formation ,after breaking this there will be rain and prosperity in desert areas ......well done egypt

[@jimwilleford6140]

Incredibly encouraging......Please keep up the good work for all the planet as we have known it. A place of life

[@zh8401]

مشرع رائع جداً 👍🌹🙏 Jätte bra idé, hoppas att det ska bli mera och mera skog i Egypten. Bra C.C😊

[@mathersonable]

Eucalyptus draws plenty of water from soil and it cause fast depleting of ground water level. And planting one sort of tree is not called forestation. It should be like planting wide variety of native trees in order to make a self sustainable ecosystem which can naturally host floura and founa. This seems like economically viable project by utilizing the waste water.

[@kamelmicheal6462]

Excellent project. Any updated videos for this project since this video was made?

[@raybilverstone2066]

Forests creat moisture and in turn turn to rain and it’s own diversity is started which can only be good👍.

[@egemenpolat7366]

ı'm happy to watch this. Keep up to greening globe ❤👍👌

[@Vache0espagnole]

They need permaculture and also to get out of their particular exploitative mentality (pine and eucalyptus for specific, predictable profits) and look into all of the different local and historic trees that could be planted within the context of a diverse, and self-sustaining food forest. Also, the fear that you cannot grow fruit and nut trees for food in soil that irrigated with treated sewage water is utterly unfounded. People really underestimate the life of the soil. What, you think fungi and bacteria are lightweights?

[@Happy_Smiles246]

A: Many plants can’t grow with brackish water B: many food forests are grown in temperate, cold, and tropical climates - places with stable amounts of fresh water and high amounts of nutrients

[@mishap00]

I think that the problem is the heavy metals not the bacteria. The contamination is low enough not to kill the plants, but you wouldn't want to eat food grown in water with mercury, lead, etc.

[@nazeemali2098]

Like the idea even fruit trees can be grown considering its treated water as earth will add micronutrients on its own.

[@loquat44-40]

@@mishap00 Heavy metals would be my first concern and also some of the complex organics along with pharmaceuticals. But still a study of date palms and other food plants for possible uptake of pollutants should be done.

[@mishap00]

@@loquat44-40 I agree that a study would be a good thing I just think that unless they are doing something radically different with their sewage such as letting the heavy metals settle out of water undisturbed the standard practices tend to concentrate both salts and heavy metal. I've also heard of a city in Washington state that created an artificial wetland to further treat sewage water. From what I understand the top (sewage outlet) of the wetland would tie up and hold the heavy metals making them basically inert. While the middle and lower portions would break down the bacteria, pathogens, chemicals, and organics and the out flow was actually cleaner than the river it flowed into. How this would translate into the Egyptian climate I don't know, what I do know is that in the Nile Delta region the have historically had large and extensive wetland areas that are now degraded and damaged extensively. What I was wondering is if they could use this model and instead of the outflow returning to the river Nile have it directed into groundwater and subsurface flow that would allow a forest to grow without extensive irrigation and might allow them to grow more drought tolerant species such as the tree that argon oil is made from. This tree and the oil made from it is native to Morocco which shares a similar climate it would also allow a cash crop that is in high demand that does not require the trees be cut down.

[@AliAhmed-ku3wz]

Love to Egypt brother from Pakistan

[@supadog1453]

Vunderbar!

[@edsr164]

It’s 2019, I wonder how that forest is doing

[@Masry-Assil]

Growing much larger and replicated in different sites. Thanks

[@melihaydogan9383]

sisi cut them all

[@JM-yx1lm]

@@melihaydogan9383 that's probably the reason why they started this so they could cut them down for profit.

[@melihaydogan9383]

@@JM-yx1lm you have a forest in the desert and you cut it for money rly dude is this a logical move ?

[@crankthetank3581]

@@melihaydogan9383 they werent cut actually

[@mfr58]

Great to see such work. I like the approach of Jeff Lawton, John D Liu and Allan savory. They promote sustainable land remediation involving local communities so that the land becomes a haven for wildlife as well as providing people with the opportunity to grow food and other crops to sustain themselves. The large scale, hi tech corporate solutions are less appealing as they are narrowly economically focused and tend toward wage slave employment or machine replacement of people as well as large scale mono cultures, leaving wildlife out of the equation.

[@bookcadenb4584]

The answer is quite simple, but also expensive; Desalination. Egypt borders a huge amount of Salt water on 2 sides. Use excess Solar generation during the daytime to power Desalination Plants. In California, they are having to dump Megawatts of Solar energy during certain daytimes because of lack of adequate storage options, which could in turn be used to power desal plants. Egypt could do the same.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

That is such an obvious solution, I wonder if there is a less obvious reason for not doing it.

[@bookcadenb4584]

@@wisconsinfarmer4742 Cost?

[@tomatomoussin9134]

We must support this people this is the answer make Egypt green

[@judomagyar]

This should be replicated everywhere in the Sahel

[@kiritokiphure4639]

One of the best innovative change

[@ewm4266]

Kudos Egypt We will meet in the middle, Kenya and Ethiopia have started planting from its borders, Senegal too✊🏼💪🏾

[@YoussefMohamed-nu3zi]

Ethiopia blocking from egypt, we are not brothers...

[@0514mama]

Congratulations. In places like Colombia, eucalyptus and acacia were donated to farmers for reforestation some 30 and 40 years ago. Now, the land is so dry that farmers all over Colombia are taking these species down, and not fast enough. not even saplings are allowed on the land. The consume too much water and dry the land. I suggest you reconsider the species, even if they seem to be promissory. Blessings.

[@davidprocter3578]

Both Eucalyptus and Pine are notorious ground poisoners ,particularly when grown in plantations. Any short term gains, i.e water retention and timber harvest may well be negated in fifty years by soils unfit for any other vegetation. A goodly mix of native species or more benign foreign species might prove a better long term prospect.

[@menchualcarazmoreno1743]

This. Plus the Eucaliptus demanda too much water.

[@basesconomy3306]

🌟 So impressive what the current Egyptian government is doing with this project in 2020. They've managed to incorporate the use of waste water treatment to irrigate these forrests around 25 water treatment plants. They've also succeeded in planting paulownia trees that have been supplying local furniture manufacturers with high quality plywood. This saves 65% of the country's imports of wood and sets achievable targets in exporting wooden finished products within a few years. Most important is the environmental impact of reusing waste water instead of dumping it and the offset of carbon credits within the EU program that makes the project way more viable. I believe they're developing many of these forrests all around the country to curb desertation and combat climate change ✨

[@paariraaju9688]

Awesome 👌👌. Desert to Forest!!!!

[@Jackson-rf6rv]

Excellent work Egypt!

[@sreerama4616]

I am soooo excited...

[@pawanjindal4286]

great work

[@v.britton4445]

Love it !!!!!

[@claires9100]

Am watching this in 2021. Is there an update on this project?

[@SurapholKruasuwan]

Amazing thanks

[@loneforest6541]

great work....

[@Orvz475]

A challenging task, yet a very brilliant idea.

[@davidkinsler3906]

This is a great idea

[@CROPSCHOOL]

Outstanding!

Amazing.

[@pinkelephants1421]

I'd dearly love to see a follow-up segment to see what has changed since this was filmed.

[@niloebio5017]

Greatest job! Keep it up and my hat off.

[@davonchadewickwhite8328]

looks great! But, I want to see a lot more of that desert (50%/at least) forested (at least) like the tree area you just showed.

[@chrisbennett606]

Very inspiring

[@rogerwilson9361]

well if this works then the desert will bloom trees pull water from the reclaimed water for the trees use could see rain fall in the desert as it does in South American for the trees put moisture in the air to create rain fall hope it works.

[@ahmedeeqnur4047]

I see hope these kind of effort to save the Palanet,

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Growing the forest 🌱🌿🍃🌲🌳in the desert🌱. Save many life 🌱🌍🌏🌎🌱🌿🍃🌳🌲🌱👍🌳🌲. Plant lots of trees. Make a lots of rain 🌧☁💧💦🌈🌱🌿🍃🌳🌲👍🌱🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳

[@madhubhatia1421]

Nice to hear Desert s converting in to greenery

[@MixGardenia]

amazing

[@ood7620]

لست مصري لكن اثق ثقه تامه ان الكوادر المصريه والخبراء والمهندسين المصريين ان تم توظيفهم في اعمال كهذه سيبدعون باذن الله اما الذي ياتي من البعيد كخبير زراعه في مصر!! فما هذا الا هدر للمال

[@TS50ER]

That's intense.

[@user-de4gc6sc3g]

Ребята с уважением к вам и вашему труду, вы попробуйте облепиху посадить ,она не прихотлива растет везде даст, корм многим птицам да и сома очень полезна в Монголии это уже сделали .

[@johnlockett1565]

Excellent. It shows what can be done with knowledge and money. It is a pity the the politicians don't think the same way. Without taken merit of Egypt and Germany. We in the West don't show what China is doing in the Gobi desert, it is also admirable.

[@adalorusso3816]

In South Africa the Eucalyptus tree is regarded as a weed(sucks up all the water)

[@kathryncarter6143]

Awesome!

[@w.n.o2796]

would love to see an update on this project

[@josephthistle7026]

Great job Egypt

[@ahamedjameel8480]

Best of luck

[@illusions77]

I’m from the year 2056 and I approve this message.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Here in 2134 You know what we say about those turning point years of the 2050's? "Glad we finally got off the instant result treadmill".

[@kmariappan6221]

Good job

[@Kumagai1976]

I think they need to introduce undergrowth

[@jozefdebeer9807]

This is great

[@bikesqump]

plant more, cut less! nice job Egypt.

[@bigrichtexas9724]

excellent

[@alanroddis126]

It's very exciting that at last countries are trying to turn the deserts green. I have just seen a very interesting video that shows the Chinese are successfully using a system on their sandy deserts called the Straw "checkerboard" method. I can't see why it can't be used elsewhere.

[@sopowae163]

I always find re greening the planet very interesting. I love nature.

[@ravinaga9435]

Super👌👍🌱🌲🌳🌴

[@ralphnabozny8494]

good idea

[@kailashpatirai]

Wau.... amazing

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Videos like this give me hope.

[@Maybe1Someday]

4x faster is really impressive. If you could get redwoods or some really tall trees that would be fun

[@hankwavegaming6015]

Great work..👍🏻👍🏻

[@LeilaYoussef]

I wonder why are you planting eucaliptus that basically usually eats soil richness? I know it grows very quickly but to enrich soil it is the worst tree, So please let me know why are you choosing this particular tree. Is it the commerce of paper that you are interested in?

[@nosuchthingasshould4175]

+Leila Youssef my guess would be, it doesn't matter, they're growing it in sand, no nutrients to speak of, they use sewage for fertility. If the trees eat it all up, that's all the better, and any leaf/branch fall will add to the top soil being built .

[@Happy_Smiles246]

Leila Youssef yes it takes up high amounts of nutrients, but in return it makes huge amounts of leaf litter, also eucalyptus is a hardwood so it would be terrible for making paper with

[@jmass8699]

Why not use the leave coverage to plant ferns or smaller plants to continue to hold water and rebuild the forest?

[@sheetalbhalerao8192]

Very good.

[@md.moinulislam9467]

MASHAALLAH khub valo video

[@kihantvkinaiyahanvlog6238]

Wow!

[@thepaleohunter7115]

It makes me so happy to finally see man being responsible for forestation than deforestation. Egypt may be restored to its prehistoric glory now thanks to science. Once the ecosystem takes root to a massive scale it could possibly begin literally terraforming the dry deserts of Egypt into lush jungles of wildlife.

[@joephelan57]

Yes hi. Reforestation like this is great one just needs some bees and pollinarors great going for plants.

[@72Yonatan]

Egypt must do all that she can to forest the deserts so that the land will keep the water after the winter rains. Desert that turns into forest is money in the pockets of all Egytians

[@Yourmomanddadrbrotherandsister]

They are reforesting Scotland and a few other places in the world, it's great. Australia is going to need to reforest really badly.

[@armandovega2928]

This is a very great idea for places like Egypt and all around the world. Deserts can have so many good uses, but from all the deserts of the world Egypt is on a place that with the changing tilt of the earth all the Sahara desert will turn green again it's a very interesting geological phenomenon that happens every 10,000 years or so but still very interesting

[@maliktamimawan]

ماشاءاللّٰه، 💖۔

[@LeilaYoussef]

I also know that are new technology to use underground desert water, so I am very curious at the choice of sewage water. I also want to say that I respect very deeply any intent and project that looks for solutions for the water issue in egypt. Recycling is still an almost nil concept in Egypt and this project is great in that sense. Thank you for replying

[@tommack9395]

+Leila Youssef The underground desert reservoirs would eventually deplete - to nothing. An issue the State of California had been experiencing the last seven years (had not been for El Nino). With little rain fall there is nothing to replenish the water deep underground. The water that exist in those deep underground lakes in Egypt and the rest of the Sahara- are remnants from when the Sahara was not a desert (some 10000 years ago). The Sahara actually had three of the largest lakes on earth and quite lush in vegetation. The wobble in the earths axis - shifted the poles, ended the last ice-age - and thus climate change.

[@Happy_Smiles246]

Also the water in desert underground resivoirs is a lot more salty then fresh water

[@chrisbennett606]

Great German expertise

[@baberhussain5428]

Nice

[@davedrewett2196]

They need to find a nearby source of clay and mix that as a slurry into the sand so water doesn't leach so quickly. Also use the smaller branches not practical for firewood or other wood products should be chipped and half turned to biochar and the other half mixed with the char and returned to the forest to create moisture holding topsoil. This will greatly reduce the need for irrigation and therefore allow for greater forest expansion.

[@TheBowersj]

+Dave Drewett Its difficult enough to manage the workers to do the basic tasks required to make this work, ideally you would want the least complicated process put in place to run a commercial operation. I just don't see your solution here as a viable option when you need to keep down complexity and costs.

[@finlarg]

If it were up to me, I'd opt for selective thinning, thereby avoiding clear-felled areas during the harvesting process. Having continuous canopy cover can only be beneficial in such an arid climate. Also, by having a forest there, as opposed to desert, there will be a continuous addition of leaves, twigs and branches, which will add to the organic matter in the soil over time.

[@davedrewett2196]

Are you there working on the project?

[@finlarg]

Dave Drewett No, I'm in Scotland!

[@davedrewett2196]

Sorry mate I meant to reply to the other fella.

[@josealves2465]

Good.......

[@puhigeoffreywaynefuimaonok8656]

prepare the land for future desertifiers

[@debbiehenri7170]

I wonder what the potential is for the vast Andean deserts? I had heard that the soil there is too badly irradiated in certain places, but should like to think that someone will try similar projects.

[@mwj5368]

This is great! Just my amateur view, but it sounds like they need also financial "sustainability" with certain trees and I wonder about planting exotic woods like, rosewood, ebony, teak, yet still have some diversity. I also wonder as it is what kinds of bird life and various wildlife are appearing with the new habitat.

[@TheReevessss]

Fast growing eucalyptus? I've heard they are very constantly thirsty species.

[@indianphilosophy2836]

Yes , they are thirsty , but they are fast growing...

[@Unnamed7964]

They grow fast

[@TheReevessss]

@@Unnamed7964 . I'm estimating this is an improve the desert/soil exercise & not commercial exercise of timber. You may have reduced evaporation process from sun, by the gained foliage. Eucalyptus reputed healthy drinkers means they continually take the wide & deep circumference nutrients from soil. Euclypt are on a mission to degenerate soil faster than other species. Nutrients trees receiving would be left from effluent plant.

[@Tadpoletofrogs]

@@TheReevessss And they have small rooting systems. They need plants that send roots down deep.

[@govardhanv926]

ecliptus trees planting actually leads lower the underground water and here in India planting ecliptus trees is banned and existing trees are removed and replaced by few forest trees to improve underground water. ,,,

[@lelandsmith2320]

some desert areas don't have underground water so forget it. I lived in one area that had water at 600 feet--useless except for deep wells that are too expensive.