News: National Forest in the heart of the UK hits major regeneration milestone with 25% tree-cover across an area of 200 square miles.
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Ultra-early wildfire detection raises pilot-site alarm
News: Wildfire detection happened within minutes at a site in Lebanon, thanks to a solar-powered mesh network, plus AI and machine learning.
Continue readingNot just carbon: Policymakers undervalue forests
News: Report challenges assumptions of policymakers who too often see forests as being just carbon, when climate benefits go far beyond that.
Continue readingReforestation grows towards goal of 100M trees
News: Reforestation initiative adds 15 new projects worldwide to help accelerate progress towards global goal of restoring 100 million trees.
Continue readingTree-planting punks: First carbon-negative beer business
News: With 2,000-acre forest and £30M investment, Scottish craft brewer becomes world’s first carbon-negative international beer business.
Continue readingFootball pitch of rainforest lost every 6 seconds
News: In 2019, the Earth lost 3.8 million hectares of primary forest — equivalent to one football pitch of rainforest gone every six seconds.
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