Lets hope the SNS party rulling Ministry of enviroment wont affect the floodings. They already talked about it in a negative way, since they are more focused on exploiting the nature, not protecting it.
Extraordinary. Such projects such as this are crucial for the world that we’re living in nowadays. With people like you popping up every day, nature will have the helping hand and the reboot that it so desperately needs. If we had more individuals like that, perhaps this world could’ve been a better place. Keep on fighting for the future, Duarte. All of you are our last hope.
Even tiny patches of flooded areas can have a mind blowing number of creatures in them. There's a drainage ditch by my local train station with dense shrubs and reeds, and at one point every day the birds inside it get louder than the highway nearby.
I have scared off a few herons but not that many. Broadly I would describe the birds as a nightmarish collection of tiny hard to film birds. Patrik (who filmed for our video last year) was a lot more successful on that front. - Cheers, Duarte
The most impressive part of this organization is the way that you return to projects and report on actual impact rather than on your output. It;s the difference between measuring "number of trees planted" and "hectares of actual habitat restored".
yeah i completely agree, its sad to think that so many "save the planet" projects have been reduced to shoving saplings into baren soil where they're almost guaranteed not to survive. Tree planting is important and really beneficial for a lot of habitats, but it definitely isnt a blanket solution to habitat restoration.
I think it's terribly important to talk about the flood-mitigating aspect like you did here. So often, people get it in their heads that restoration or conservation is completely about humans taking a loss in some way so that other life forms (whom they generally deem lesser than humans) can gain something. But while that may look true at the zoomed-in level, zooming out shows that we can all gain benefits from trying to create this balance! Other places were not flooded because the water had somewhere to go, and the flora and fauna who live in that place benefited from receiving that water. If every place that deals with dangerous flooding tried something like this, who knows what kind of benefits we might see!
Excellent point. Not to mention that modifying the land to accommodate our own needs can be both financially costly, and ultimately risky. Here in California, Tulare lake was a massive body of water that through massive water direction projects was converted into farmland. In the recent heavy rain and snow this past winter, hundreds of acres of homes and farms suddenly became a lake again. I wonder what damage could have been avoided if we had just refrained from meddling.
Furthermore such a Floodplain forest has a huge impact on the local humidity. As research showed in Finnland it increases the humidity to above 100km away and keeps it on a stable level. Furthermore thanks to the increased humidity plant growth is increased around it, causing even more humidity to be in the air. On top it causes more rain, mist, etc. and high temperatures, heatwaves, draughts, heavy down pour, ... are much less likely. So in other words the land get's much more fertile and liveable!!
98% of trees replanted from green energy credit companies end up dying because they don’t pay people to do oversight they just take Apples money and say it’s green now. This is what proper conservation looks like and you should understand the current measures to reforest are a complete joke usually unless they are paying people to look at them after the fact which they usually don’t. Lmao I do not sleep soundly at night knowing the vast majority of the green credit initiative is a scam. You’ve got a bunch of money changing hands in a cutthroat corporate environment just so that they can lie about minimizing their impacts with little to no oversight I think this is great but the environment is screwed anyway we must enjoy it while it lasts. It’s crazy more people don’t know about what the green initiative has done it’s practically destroyed us because most people just turn their head and say sounds good when they hear Apple is a zero emission company not knowing they bought Amazonian land that wasn’t going to be chopped down anyway due to terrain and then called all of that carbon on an inaccessible mountain saved to claim their iPhones business model is safe even if it literally didn’t put a dent in the amount of rainforest cut down. If we do not actually legislate this we will let them find loopholes till it kills us all. As a realist and a pessimist the only conclusion I can draw is that humanity is unable to solve climate change for the same reasons people get locked into debt traps. Even if we all came together for that common goal are we going to go to war because China ignored the carbon limits to protect their economy or bomb those poor people that try to chop down the Amazon to feed their kids and don’t even get me started on convincing Americans to give up tights like driving.
My homecountry (Switzerland) is rewilding rivers for exactly the reason you mentioned in the end: to protect from floods. The river in my town is being rewilded at the moment and it's already so much more beautiful.
I’ll say it again and again, the £5 out of my account every month to be a member makes me happier than anything else. This is a great mission and I thoroughly enjoy catching up with all of the projects
After hearing the story about how this project absorbed much of the flood water, does that mean this project potentially saved some people's lives, or at least prevented a lot of destruction? That's one heck of a selling point you could give politicians in areas prone to flooding greatly increasing the rate of flood land restoration.
The Mossy Earth area is probably too small to prevent regional flooding of inhabited/human occupied lands on its own but when natural floodplains around rivers are restored on a later scale they definitely can and do prevent floods. Thing is, rivers naturally vary in their width throughout the year(s) but we humans liked to settle close by the rivers because it meant access to water and therefore also to transportation. Additionally, the soil surrounding rivers is often very fertile making it suitable for farming.
@@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep yet in combination with large dams like in that project, it could help significantly. They could empty the dam a couple of days before the flood reached the dam into the flood plain
When projects like these are done at scale, it can absolutely save lives and save property damage. It can potentially be cheaper to pay for these projects, instead of paying for flood damage.
@@MrRafagigapr It's not flooded at all times, only during a high water level, so when the water there has been absorbed by the ground and plants as well as been evaporated, leaving a dry land with plenty of area able to hold the water, when the river has a high current much of it will go to flooding the floodland instead of travelling further downstream.
When I heard of the danube floods in Germany, I immediately thought of this project and how similar projects probably could have helped many other areas too. Great work!
A lot has already been done in Germany as 1999 and 2013 were also really big floods, they just don't have RU-vid channels following the progress there. Keep in mind this was a statistically 1 in century event. At the danube people were pretty prepared for the most part. Most damages were agricultural as many fields flooded.
@@cyan_oxy6734 That's the problem. Due to climate change, we are seeing these extreme "once in a century" events on the regular, with more and more intensity.
Im proud of this, and of you and all the others who contributed and BROZ for the decades of work in the floodplains among many others! Thank you mate! - Cheers, Duarte
It is so hard to not cry during these videos. In a world full of fear, vitriol, and despair. Seeing people work and successfully contribute positively to mother Earth is just so powerful emotionally. Thank you for being a ray of hope in our dark world.
Not sure how this video popped up in my recommendations but this was SUPER interesting and really well produced. Makes me proud knowing my fellow humans are out in the world doing things like this. Cheers!
Looking at how my finances have been going this month, I decided to finally become a Mossy Earth member! I'd been cautious since even a small amount was something I had to account for, but I've been doing relatively well and it's time for me to finally pay back the planet that's been keeping the earth below my feet and so much more!
Thank you Chris! It was a long road to get to this job. Setting up Mossy Earth took 7 years and a lot of it was boring and difficult. I am very happy to be doing what we are doing now though! - Cheers, Duarte
It's so cool to see this project changing so much with a lot of small changes. I hope one day a lot of those wetland habitats all over the world but especially here in Europe will be restored, hopefully with the governments one day helping. Thank you a lot for all your work, also with all the other projects you started.💞💕💖 I hope I will be able to support you more in the nearer future 🫂
Huge congratulations to the team at Mossy Earth, Broz and everyone else who came together to make this happen. A stunning and beautiful example of the power of the natural world, just waiting for a bit of help.
You’ve been with us for a while then! A huge thank you for helping us setup these rewilding projects. It still blows my mind what we can do together :) - Cheers, Duarte
Glad to see it’s appreciated! The filming in the early spring was really cold and I was a bit sick at the time so it was rough. Glad it was worth it! - Cheers, Duarte
Stellar work folks, must be incredibly satisfying to see these results. Especially liked the message about the importance of floodplains at the end, definitely think this is something people need to get more onboard with in Scotland instead of constantly calling for waterways to be dredged! 😖
I love these videos and supporting Mossy Earth. You're a good spokesperson and presenter, Duarte, you can really tell how passionate you are and it's very compelling. Conservation efforts like this give me hope in a world that often doesn't, thank you for caring where many seem to be apathetic. This is what it looks like for humans to be the stewards of Earth
15:45 I love the anti mosquito makeup! :D As a german, I wish we had more flood areas. In some areas where floods are more common, cities have actually integrated nature areas with the sole purpose to take all the water in case of a flood. But those are just meadows. I wish there were more wetland forests around. Especially southern germany isn't used to heavy rain and floods.
This is nice to see. I live in an area in Michigan, USA, that has been restoring natural wetlands since the 1970’s. It’s been very successful. Ducks, geese, swans, turtles and amphibians are once again in abundance.
Ephemeral pools are some of the COOLEST ecosystems you can stop and take a gander at. I love the fairy shrimp that come up on some of the ones in the southwest. Soooo cool
I love this project!!! It is such a remarkable example of how restoring natural habitats can have impacts on so many levels both for flora and fauna but also for communities living downstream. Truly important for the development of new projects with the same concept
So glad this project is doing well! And the fact that it's already directly and demonstrably helping *humans* rather than "merely" nature is just the cherry on top
dude im so pumped to see such amazing hands on work, im sick of people complaining that nothings being done and then doing nothing. you guys are an inspiration and genuinely doing some of best work ive seen and at a super impressive scale. i hope you continue to grow and be able to execute your vision, keep it up
This is my favorite project. It was the first one I followed and the one closest to my heart. It’t why I joined Mossy Earth. Fantastic job and wonderful update. So glad to near that Broz was able to buy the rest of the area. Congrats to everyone.
It's so interesting how much the flooded forest looks like my home here in Midwest America, there is a portion of the forest that floods behind my house which leads into a wetland pond. Multiple ponds are in the area but they are unreachable. It makes sure that animals and plants are safe.
I kinda forgot how cool this channel/organization is. You're doing such a great job at being proactive to make the living environments better. Also, this is such a cool ecosystem to showcase! I love the work that you are doing!
i'll admit, when i first started seeing mossy earth videos i thought "okay nice stunt, but is it going to pan out?" But just seeing video after video of you all showing your intentions, your research, your transparency with the practical challenges like rights and funds, and especially especially your follow up with showing results and keeping tabs on things; I love it, and I hope you can be examples to similar organizations across the globe. Thank you mossy earth, and thanks to all the members that help you keep doing it.
Great to see the forest progressing in each stage after the restoration work! Really interesting to see the results of the plant survey and which species changing, great work team!
If you ever have an project in Germany, I would glad to help you guys out. So lovely to see how fast the Projects grow. The whole mossy earth Team can be so proud already❤
I was really looking forward to the flooded forest update video after so much had happened with the additional water coming in. Incredible video, as always. You guys never disappoint. Patrik
I found and subscribed to Mossy Earth back when you had 70k Subs and I have to say, seeing you guys grow (528k subscribers and counting) makes me so happy! You guys deserve it all and more!
Not to get all math nerd but the volume of water a wetland can contain, even if the water is relatively shallow everywhere in it, is enormous compared to a channelized river. The shortsightedness of the people who channelized so many rivers and left the water nowhere to go is just baffling.
its always so cool to come back and see what you guys are doing. i'm always excited to see people helping the earth heal in the ways that they can. keep up the amazing work
People think to plant trees to save the earth, but forests can be a boring monoculture. Open sunny areas can have a surprising diversity of plants. We have a lot of fun flowers and shrubs in our yard that would be impossible if shaded out by big trees.
I was surprised to see you guys don’t sell merchandise! You guys could generate much more income for these products just from selling sweatshirts etc w your logo!
When I think the world is going mad and there is no return I love to see videos like this one and remember that people is doing great things out there. This was great to watch and I am learning more with each video.
I’m so glad that this project is still going well! This was the first project of Mossy Earth’s that I ever saw, and it immediately convinced me to sign up for a membership. So proud to have played even a tiny part in helping this beautiful ecosystem to thrive!
Hi , now iam finally a member and proud of it.this work is amazing and i hope that more people realize how important rewilding and restoring nature is.for our future Generations.. A big thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤ Greetings from south germany susan
Hi Susan! Thank you for supporting our work! It is the only way we can get our projects off the ground and it means a lot to us that people want to restore nature with us. A huge thank you! - Cheers, Duarte
the Monarch butterfly in North America which only feeds on milkweed lost so many a few years ago from a hurricane over the Great Lakes. It rakes 4 generation of butterfly to migrate from Canada across USA to the mountain in Mexico on their migration.
As someone who was affected by the flood in 2021, thank you for your work. I love nature and hearing that this doesn't just help nature recover but also saves human lives, maybe even my own or those of people around me is fantastic. You have my gratitude
I'm so pleased this wetland is doing so well! I started Mossy Earth with the first video of this series, and I am super delighted that you keep going back and showing us how it's doing. I'm sorry that 9 lives were lost in the floods but pleased that the wetlands you helped restore potentially saved the lives of people downstream.
This was the project that originally had me subscribe and follow a bunch of other projects in the same orbit. Since then I’ve really gotten involved in my local conservation efforts
Love your and Broz work in this flood forest. I was thinking about it when I read about German floods. However, I would welcome more detailed info about what happened in this forest during that flood. How much cubic meters of water was taken from the Danube stream, how it looked like when flooded, if it damaged some of the species etc. Anyway, thanks again, I always feel a nice fireworks in the back of my brain when I see a flooded land in the right places.
As a Mossy Earth member for the last year, it makes me so happy to see how my small monthly donation has helped with success stories like this. I'm going to keep on with my subscription for sure!
