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50 Volunteers Plant 1,000 Trees Across Alta Ski Area

Brazil plants 840,000 trees to restore 607 hectares of Atlantic Forest

Brazil's Atlantic Forest is undergoing remarkable restoration efforts, spearheaded by World Land Trust and Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu. With 840,000 trees planted over 20 years,...

Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?

A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most a...

Tanzania’s plan to grow lush forests from forgotten trees

Tanzania is targeting the regeneration of 100 million trees by 2030 under an ambitious environmental restoration programme aimed at reversing land degradation, improving agricultur...

Restoring forests

This analysis draws on findings and reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climat...

In 1998, Costa Rica spread 12,000 tonnes of orange waste; 16 years later, forest biomass rose 176%

In 1998, about 12,000 metric tonnes of orange peels and pulp were spread over a degraded pasture in Costa Rica as part of an unusual forest restoration experiment. Sixteen years la...

Southern Italy’s Nurseries Test the Promise of 6.6 Million New Trees

A survey of major nurseries in Sicily and Apulia finds abundant locally adapted trees but insufficient stock to support Italy’s plan to plant 6.6 million trees in metropolitan area...

Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows

Regrowing Amazon forests face a quiet collapse if fast pioneer trees die without stronger successors.

Seedling gap threatens forest restoration goals

Tanzania’s ambitious plans to restore its forests under the National Development Vision 2050 face a major bottleneck, with a huge shortage of seedlings hampering reforestation effo...

Brazil tested forest seeding; row method stored 155 tonnes biomass in 15 years

Rooting tree seed production in local knowledge boosts forest restoration outcomes (commentary)

Since the launch of global restoration initiatives such as the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), large-scale tree planting has become the hallmark of many restorati...

In Australia’s Wet Tropics, restoration misses the forest for the tree cover

Relics of ancient wet forests stretch across the coast of Queensland state in Australia. In a landscape made patchwork by agriculture, volunteers, community groups and Indigenous r...

A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise

A 30-year forestry experiment in Australia found that heavily thinned mountain ash forests grew unusually large trees while recovering enough carbon to match or exceed untouched ar...

Lessons in Landscape Restoration at Máyala Wáta

The Washoe Tribe is restoring 283 acres at Máyala Wáta (Meeks Meadow) through conifer removal, vegetation management and culturally guided prescribed fire, blending traditional eco...

Reforestación, control de erosión y recuperación del paisaje: el plan de Madrid tras los incendios

El Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid ha conocido dos contratos para recuperar los montes públicos afectados por el fuego este verano, entre ellos el de la Sierra Oeste,...

Australia restores 200,000 plants to wetlands cleared for cancelled highway

Almost ten years post the controversial Roe 8 highway initiative, Western Australia is witnessing a promising wave of ecological recovery. Recent studies have reported a remarkable...

Rajasthan achieves plantation target ahead of schedule

Under the Aravali Green Development Project, ₹250 crore has been invested in 19 districts for soil development and plantation efforts

Six Million Trees, One Laser From a Plane

From a light aircraft skimming over the Scottish Highlands, a laser quietly counted six million trees -- and what it found beneath the canopy is quietly extraordinary. Cambridge re...

Uruguay planted forests on grassland; 20 years on, rivers carry less water

The genetics behind better tree seed 

In Kenya and Rwanda, breeding seed orchards and mother blocks are helping improve access to quality tree seed and planting material. Through the Quality Tree Seed for Africa projec...

FAO report urges large-scale forest, landscape restoration to boost food security

Large-scale restoration of forests and landscapes is a cost-effective way to address food security, biodiversity and climate challenges, according to a report released Monday by th...

In 2012, an English upland restoration project began fencing sheep out of Tebay Common

A transformative upland restoration initiative in Cumbria has brought new life to a sheep-grazed fell, with native trees being planted to stimulate the recovery of dormant seed ban...

Mountain peatland restored by hand to help highland ecosystem

The project is intended to halt erosion, slow the movement of water and give damaged peatland the chance to recover.

3.2 million tree seedlings planted in northern Minnesota in historic effort

To create a more resilient, adaptable forest, The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with state and federal partners, planted 3.2 million trees in northern Minnesota this year. I...