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Move announced by interior minister is part of ambitious Kenyan plan to plant 15bn trees by 2032The Kenyan government has announced a surprise public holiday on 13 November for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15bn tr…
Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021UK politics live – latest updatesBeef, soy and palm oil products driving deforestation are still being imported into the UK, despite government promises t…
Research highlights benefits forests bring surrounding regions in terms of cooler air and more rainfallDeforestation has a far greater impact on regional temperatures than previously believed, according to a new study of the Brazilian Amazon that shows…
Tree that’s withstood storms and firewood collectors wins contest highlighting those in urban areasA 480-year-old sweet chestnut that has withstood storms, firewood collectors and, increasingly, parties and picnics beneath its boughs has been crowned t…
Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communitiesA withering drought has turned the Amazonian capital of Manaus into a climate dystopia with the second worst air quality in the world and ri…
Exclusive: Plans to plant 202 new trees and create ‘play village’ for children in salvaged city centre schemeThe more than 100 trees in the centre of Plymouth, whose overnight felling helped bring down the Conservative council, are to be replaced with …
As National Trust draws line under criminal act, members of public suggest future uses for timber Some saw the day as a chance to say farewell. One person described the event as a “full stop” to the saga. But as the criminally felled, world-famous Syca…
One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest homeRelated: ‘All I see are ghosts’: fear and fury as the last spotted owl in Canada fights for survivalCanadian cabinet ministers have…
The much-loved tree must be removed to protect Hadrian’s Wall, but its ultimate fate remains uncertainThe Sycamore Gap tree is being removed from its spot on Hadrian’s Wall after it was cut down by vandals two weeks ago.On Thursday a crane will lift th…
Drought and heatwave has killed fish in rivers as Indigenous group Apiam says villagers have no water, food or medicineIndigenous people in the Amazon are calling on the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drin…