Want to do something good for the Earth? Plant a tree. This common belief, once an inspiration for Earth Day T-shirts, now forms the basis of a booming global industry. As countries try to meet their ...

Restoration ecologist Karen Holl has a simple message for anyone who thinks planting 1 trillion trees will reverse the damage of climate change. “We can’t plant our way out of climate change,” says ...

On 11 November 2019, an army of environmentally conscious Turks planted 11 million saplings at more than 2,000 sites across their country. In Corum province, 303,150 were put into the ground in just ...

Tree planting is one of the most popular fixes for the climate crisis. Trees’ ability to store carbon dioxide and prevent its release into the atmosphere — and they are natural! — but they may not be ...

An area of ecologically intact and biodiverse grassland larger than France is endangered by an NGO-fueled push to plant as many trees as possible. By Lauren Leffer ...

SINGAPORE: Planting trees has long been described as a strategic and “politically safe” climate action. Targets for the Singapore Green Plan 2030 announced on Feb 10 included planting 1 million trees ...

A restoration ecologist has a simple message for anyone who thinks planting 1 trillion trees will reverse the damage of climate change: 'We can't plant our way out of climate change.' Restoration ...

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