Tag: trees

Of the 3,119 U.S. counties, 1,836 counties experienced growth in tree cover between the years 2000 and 2020.

The trees will be planted in forestlands and communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.

Up and down the West Coast, the burgeoning biomass boom threatens to derail hard-won progress on climate, ecosystem protection and environmental justice.

The Menominee tribe of Wisconsin has sustainably harvested its woods for nearly 170 years, providing a model for foresters worldwide. Amid climate change and other threats to the forest, the tribe continues to follow a traditional code: Let the healthy trees keep growing.

Not only that, but U.S. tree nurseries don’t have enough variety of species necessary to meet the goal.

Planting trees has additional benefits for communities beyond keeping cities cool, such as reducing air pollution and boosting mental health.

Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.

While the new data still represents a 72 percent drop from 2004 when implementation of combative deforestation measures were put in place, the increased rate in the past 10 years has many worried.

What's more, Pakistan is among the six countries that will be most affected by climate change, meaning that reforestation is critical to mitigate the impacts of global warming.

Trump Forest was launched just under a year ago after POTUS announced he was pulling the U.S. from the Paris agreement.