This page brings together global news 2014-2021, on Trees, woodland and forest, highlighting community led and community based innovation and action.
COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030, Nov 2, 2021...[1]
- Natural Forests First, Nov 2[2]
- Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change, Nov 1, 2021...[3]
- Up to half of world’s wild tree species could be at risk of extinction, Sep 1, 2021...[4]
- The 'messy' alternative to tree-planting, May 25, 2021...[5]
- Forest the size of France regrown worldwide over 20 years, study finds, May 11, 2021...[6]
- Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years, Apr 30, 2021...[7]
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2020[edit | edit source]
- Amazon deforestation surges to 12-year high under Bolsonaro, Nov 30, 2020[1]
The "Generation Restoration" responds with brilliant projects to plant one trillion trees across the planet[2] Nov 5, 2020
- With social media and academics, Thai villagers save ancestral forest.[3] Sep 29, 2020
- They stopped a toxic relief road. So why not use that energy to establish a forest commons? An empowering tale from North Yorkshire[4] Jul 29, 2020
- 'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees[5] Apr 29
- Planting 1 trillion trees might not actually be a good idea.[6] Jan 31
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2019[edit | edit source]
- Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'.[1] Oct 23
- Indonesia haze causes sky to turn blood red.[2] Sep 23
- World 'losing battle against deforestation'.[3] Sep 12
- Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'.[4] Jul 25
- Is there a zebra in your community woodland?[5] Apr 24
Norway Is The First Country In The World To Ban Deforestation, More Countries Need To Follow Suit.[6] Apr 5
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2018[edit | edit source]
We need to bring back the wildwoods of Britain to fight climate change, Isabella Tree.[1] Nov 26
- 2,000 new trees for San Francisco - and less carbon in the air, too, Apr 19[2]
- Paris Plans a Suburban Forest Five Times the Size of Central Park, Feb 14[3]
- A eureka moment for the planet: we’re finally planting trees again, Feb 13, John Vidal[4]
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2017[edit | edit source]
100m trees to be planted till 2021 under Green Pakistan’s initiative, Dec 3, 2017[1]
- New Zealand Government to Plant 100 Million Trees Yearly, Oct 24, 2017[2]
- Regreening the planet could cut as much carbon as halting oil use, Oct 17, 2017[3]
- India plants 66 million trees in 12 hours as part of record-breaking environmental campaign, Jul 3, 2017[4]
- China constructs first Forest City to fight air pollution, Jun 26[5]
#50MillionTrees: how young people are fighting deforestation in Tanzania, Jun 5[6]
- Stressed street trees: mapping the urban forests to save them – and us, Mar 27[7]
- Meet the teen planting 150 trees for every person on Earth, Mar 11[8]
- National Community Conservation Resilience Initiative workshops held in Africa, Feb 22[9]
- Indonesian president hands over management of forests to indigenous people, Feb 20[10]
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2014-2016[edit | edit source]
- Mapping Urban Trees in 11 Cities, Dec 30, 2016...[1]
- Collect Earth: Google and FAO launch new forest tool, Nov 11, 2016...[2]
- NASA scientist is using drones to plant 1 billion trees per year, May 24, 2016...[3]
- The world's 3 trillion trees, mapped, September 16, 2015...[4]
- New map reveals ‘astronomical’ scale of human impact on forests, September 2, 2015...[5]
- New online tool tracks tree loss in 'near real time', February 21, 2014...[6]
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