trees

Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary said tree planting makes a critical contribution to tackling the global climate emergency

Greenpeace International says millions of trees have been cut down to set up plantations supplying some of the world’s leading food companies

Trees store carbon and can help make towns and cities more resilient

A group of scientists who have studied thousands of Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees say the answer is yes

The nation expects the scheme will help remove 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year by 2030

The scheme aims to help reduce the effects of climate change by absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide

A green city able to fight air pollution and mitigate climate change is currently being built in China. The Liuzhou Forest City, designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti and commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning, will be made up of offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools covered by 40,000 trees and one million plants of more […]

Deforestation could be warming the climate even more than originally thought. That’s according to an international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds, who have studied the way gases emitted by trees and vegetation can affect the climate. These gases react with other atmospheric chemicals to form tiny particles, which reflect sunlight back […]

The natural environment could be used to capture carbon emissions equivalent to the volume released by the global burning of oil. That’s what a new peer-reviewed study led by scientists from The Nature Conservancy has found. It says capturing greenhouse gases in forests, grasslands and wetlands could cost-effectively deliver more than a third of the […]

London’s eight million trees are worth £6.1 billion to the capital’s economy. They also contribute £130 million in wider benefits, according to a survey launched by the Mayor of London and The Forestry Commission. The ‘iTree urban forest survey’ used more than 300 volunteers to count trees and analyse the services they provide from the carbon they store, […]