Tag: trees

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.

New Zealand’s youngest leader in more than 150 years plans to take the country on a more liberal path after nine years of conservative rule.

"We're not going to get ahead of this problem if people don't understand what it is."

The aim of the mass-planting event was to raise awareness for the nation’s “make India green again” plan.