Chinese Tree Holds Many Possible Benefits for Colombia

•Colombian investigators of the Universidad de La Salle started to put forth attempts to bring the Chinese paulownia tree to Colombia after learning of its benefits such as absorption of carbon gas, provision of wood, and nourishment according to eluniversal.com.
•Economically speaking the tree is beneficial as it absorbs about 50% of carbon gas in the air making it perfect for offset carbon sales, and the wood can be used after only 3 years.
•Also the plant would be reproduced in vitro thus allowing it to be engineered to adapt to the ecosystem in a non-invasive way.
•The leaves of the tree will also provide nutrients to the soil and the tree itself is a great water absorber.
•Colombia annually loses 600,000 hectares of forest. Read Article