Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.
Cree Proverb
Interesting articles about trees across the world
Spain's ancient olive trees under threat from market for garden ornaments
Guardian 31 Dec 2015
Petition focuses growing backlash against companies who dig up thousand-year-old trees to sell to wealthy foreigners
Insurance firm turns to planting trees in South Africa to combat drought risk
Guardian 23 Dec 2015
The country’s biggest agricultural insurer is working to actively reduce drought risk with a vanguard project to restore living landscapes
Can trees really cool our cities down?
The Conversation 22 December 2015
In cities around the world, trees are often planted to help control temperatures and mitigate the effects of the “urban heat island”. But while trees have been called “nature’s air conditioners”, in practice, scientists often have difficulty demonstrating their cooling properties.
Forests gain long-awaited recognition in Paris climate summit
The Conversation 18 Dec 2015
The climate change agreement adopted by 195 countries in Paris last week raised the profile of forests in ways never seen before. In past multilateral environmental conferences, deforestation proved too thorny for nations to reach agreement. Now, however, some of the most heavily forested countries in the world have pledged to fight deforestation and promote forest conservation.
Why we should plant more urban trees
Daily Telegraph 29 Nov 2015
All city trees add beauty and connect you to the natural world, but it is only the monsters that can soften the lines of big buildings and expanses of paving, and significantly improve air quality, soak up rainwater and combat heat.
The incredible plan to make money grow on trees
Guardian 24 Nov 2015
The long read: One of the most cutting-edge projects to tackle climate change is being pioneered in one of the most remote, undeveloped countries on earth. Does it have any hope of succeeding?
Half of tree species in the Amazon at risk of extinction, say scientists
Guardian 20 Nov 2015
If deforestation continues at current rate, 57% of the 15,000 tree species will be in danger, including Brazil nut, cacao and açai
Do we underestimate the power of plants and trees?
BBC 20 Nov 2015
Research suggests plants might be capable of more than we suspect.
UK's oldest tree is undergoing sex change, botanists say
Guardian 2 Nov 2015
The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire has always been recorded as male but has started sprouting berries – something only female yew trees do
Amazon rainforest is home to 16,000 tree species, estimate suggests
Guardian 18 Oct 2015
Scientists' analysis of 1,170 surveys of the Amazon suggests there are four hundred billion trees in the region
Can you identify the UK's most common trees?
Guardian 1 Oct 2015
Only 1% of families recognise the UK’s most common trees, according to new research by Unilever. How many can you identify?
Planting to save Malawi's national tree
Guardian 22 Sept 2015
The critically endangered Mulanje cedars are being razed by illegal loggers. Can a massive tree-planting campaign reverse the decline?
Diverted groundwater near mines may cause trees to die of thirst, study finds
Guardian 8 Sept 2015
Exclusive: report has implications for proposed Shenhua coalmine after researchers found changing water table levels can affect the ecosystem several kilometres beyond mine boundaries
Scientists reveal there are 3tn trees in the world
Guardian 2 Sept 2015
Most accurate count to date is over seven times as many as the last estimate – but almost half have been cut down since the start of civilisation, say scientists
Introducing 'treeconomics': how street trees can save our cities
Guardian 15 August 2015
As a fight over 11 lime trees in Sheffield escalates, activists in cities all over the world are making the case for urban trees – to cut pollution, increase land value and even make you feel younger
How Trees Calm Us Down
New Yorker 23 July 2015
A new study found that an additional ten trees on a given block corresponded to a one-per-cent increase in how healthy nearby residents felt.
More trees on your street means fewer health problems, says study
Guardian 15 July 2015
Having on average 10 more trees in a city block improved how someone rated their health by a level comparable to an increase in annual income of $10,000
When You Give a Tree an Email Address
The Atlantic July 2015
The city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses so citizens could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of love letters to their favorite trees.
Amazon's trees removed nearly a third less carbon in last decade – study
Guardian 18 Mar 2015
Fall in amount of carbon absored by rainforest means even greater cuts to manmade emissions are needed to combat climate change, warn scientists
Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn
New Scientist 3 December 2014
With an underground “brain network” and the ability to react and remember, plants have their own kind of intelligence – and may even cry out in pain
The Health Benefits of Trees
The Atlantic 29 July 2014
They prevent $7 billion in health costs every year by filtering air pollution—not to mention their psychological effects. New research says the closer you can live to trees, the better off you are.
Trees accelerate growth as they get older and bigger, study finds
Guardian 15 Jan 2014
Findings contradict assumption that old trees are less productive and could have important implications for carbon absorption
How a giant tree's death sparked the conservation movement 160 years ago
Guardian 27 June 2013
160 years ago a giant sequoia in California was cut down, becoming the inspiration for the national park system
How well can you identify UK trees from their leaves – quiz
Guardian 12 July 2013
Eight out of 10 people in Britain are unable to identify an ash leaf when shown an image of one, according to a survey commissioned by the Woodland Trust. Can you do better?
UK public asked to spot biggest threats to tree health
Guardian 9 May 2013
Citizen science survey to monitor threats such as oak processionary moth and ash dieback disease
Guardian 31 Dec 2015
Petition focuses growing backlash against companies who dig up thousand-year-old trees to sell to wealthy foreigners
Insurance firm turns to planting trees in South Africa to combat drought risk
Guardian 23 Dec 2015
The country’s biggest agricultural insurer is working to actively reduce drought risk with a vanguard project to restore living landscapes
Can trees really cool our cities down?
The Conversation 22 December 2015
In cities around the world, trees are often planted to help control temperatures and mitigate the effects of the “urban heat island”. But while trees have been called “nature’s air conditioners”, in practice, scientists often have difficulty demonstrating their cooling properties.
Forests gain long-awaited recognition in Paris climate summit
The Conversation 18 Dec 2015
The climate change agreement adopted by 195 countries in Paris last week raised the profile of forests in ways never seen before. In past multilateral environmental conferences, deforestation proved too thorny for nations to reach agreement. Now, however, some of the most heavily forested countries in the world have pledged to fight deforestation and promote forest conservation.
Why we should plant more urban trees
Daily Telegraph 29 Nov 2015
All city trees add beauty and connect you to the natural world, but it is only the monsters that can soften the lines of big buildings and expanses of paving, and significantly improve air quality, soak up rainwater and combat heat.
The incredible plan to make money grow on trees
Guardian 24 Nov 2015
The long read: One of the most cutting-edge projects to tackle climate change is being pioneered in one of the most remote, undeveloped countries on earth. Does it have any hope of succeeding?
Half of tree species in the Amazon at risk of extinction, say scientists
Guardian 20 Nov 2015
If deforestation continues at current rate, 57% of the 15,000 tree species will be in danger, including Brazil nut, cacao and açai
Do we underestimate the power of plants and trees?
BBC 20 Nov 2015
Research suggests plants might be capable of more than we suspect.
UK's oldest tree is undergoing sex change, botanists say
Guardian 2 Nov 2015
The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire has always been recorded as male but has started sprouting berries – something only female yew trees do
Amazon rainforest is home to 16,000 tree species, estimate suggests
Guardian 18 Oct 2015
Scientists' analysis of 1,170 surveys of the Amazon suggests there are four hundred billion trees in the region
Can you identify the UK's most common trees?
Guardian 1 Oct 2015
Only 1% of families recognise the UK’s most common trees, according to new research by Unilever. How many can you identify?
Planting to save Malawi's national tree
Guardian 22 Sept 2015
The critically endangered Mulanje cedars are being razed by illegal loggers. Can a massive tree-planting campaign reverse the decline?
Diverted groundwater near mines may cause trees to die of thirst, study finds
Guardian 8 Sept 2015
Exclusive: report has implications for proposed Shenhua coalmine after researchers found changing water table levels can affect the ecosystem several kilometres beyond mine boundaries
Scientists reveal there are 3tn trees in the world
Guardian 2 Sept 2015
Most accurate count to date is over seven times as many as the last estimate – but almost half have been cut down since the start of civilisation, say scientists
Introducing 'treeconomics': how street trees can save our cities
Guardian 15 August 2015
As a fight over 11 lime trees in Sheffield escalates, activists in cities all over the world are making the case for urban trees – to cut pollution, increase land value and even make you feel younger
How Trees Calm Us Down
New Yorker 23 July 2015
A new study found that an additional ten trees on a given block corresponded to a one-per-cent increase in how healthy nearby residents felt.
More trees on your street means fewer health problems, says study
Guardian 15 July 2015
Having on average 10 more trees in a city block improved how someone rated their health by a level comparable to an increase in annual income of $10,000
When You Give a Tree an Email Address
The Atlantic July 2015
The city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses so citizens could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of love letters to their favorite trees.
Amazon's trees removed nearly a third less carbon in last decade – study
Guardian 18 Mar 2015
Fall in amount of carbon absored by rainforest means even greater cuts to manmade emissions are needed to combat climate change, warn scientists
Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn
New Scientist 3 December 2014
With an underground “brain network” and the ability to react and remember, plants have their own kind of intelligence – and may even cry out in pain
The Health Benefits of Trees
The Atlantic 29 July 2014
They prevent $7 billion in health costs every year by filtering air pollution—not to mention their psychological effects. New research says the closer you can live to trees, the better off you are.
Trees accelerate growth as they get older and bigger, study finds
Guardian 15 Jan 2014
Findings contradict assumption that old trees are less productive and could have important implications for carbon absorption
How a giant tree's death sparked the conservation movement 160 years ago
Guardian 27 June 2013
160 years ago a giant sequoia in California was cut down, becoming the inspiration for the national park system
How well can you identify UK trees from their leaves – quiz
Guardian 12 July 2013
Eight out of 10 people in Britain are unable to identify an ash leaf when shown an image of one, according to a survey commissioned by the Woodland Trust. Can you do better?
UK public asked to spot biggest threats to tree health
Guardian 9 May 2013
Citizen science survey to monitor threats such as oak processionary moth and ash dieback disease
