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The Forest That Proves It: How Sudbury Reclaimed a Moonscape

Stewart Mior

October 08, 2025 |

The GroundTruth Project |

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Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

The Regreening Sudbury Project transformed a lunar-like wasteland into thriving forest through decades of systematic tree planting (10+ million trees), soil amendments, and transparent open-data tracking. This resulted in a 98% reduction in air pollution and 50% recovery of fish populations while creating a replicable model for ecological restoration.

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