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Forests

Forests

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Trees That Count has planted one million trees – and they’re just getting started

This reforestation project is helping New Zealanders plant native trees across Aotearoa to support biodiversity and the fight against climate change. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Let's hear it for the bogs

Let's hear it for the bogs

The UK's peatlands hold billions of tonnes of carbon – far more than its woodlands. Which is why the 12,000-year-old Border Mires of northern England are finally getting the restoration attention they're due.

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5 new(ish) books about forests and trees

Trees and forests are important to humanity in basically every way you can think of. These books explore that relationship and give us goals – both personal and global – to strive for.

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Is passive rewilding the best way to plant forests?

Forests will grow back by themselves if we let them. Here's how a passive rewilding strategy could be the most cost-effective – and also effective – reforestation tool we have.

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Why I'm killing my lawn to plant a forest

How one New Zealand woman is reforesting her yard as a personal act against climate change that will support native biodiversity, too.

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How the Miyawaki Method can help us restore forests faster

In this excerpt from her book Mini-Forest Revolution, Hannah Lewis explains how the Miyawaki Method works and what you need to know to plant your own mini-forest.

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

Trees are great at capturing warming gases, but mass-planting efforts tell a tricky story.