Mongabay

Do tree-planting projects on grasslands increase fire risk?

Global tree-planting initiatives, aimed at storing carbon from the atmosphere, could include plantations in fire-prone African savannas. 58% of tree plantations grown in South African grasslands ...
Forbes

Trees Are Good For Tackling Climate Change, Right?

NAIROBI, KENYA - MAY 10: Residents of Dagoreti Constituency take part in tree planting at Ndurarua Primary School on May 10, 2024 in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans today from Dagoretti ...
The Conversation

Planting trees in grasslands won’t save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Susanne Vetter does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Mongabay

Measuring biodiversity in a world of tree-planting pledges

The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) is a certification scheme for forest restoration projects that show positive outcomes for biodiversity. Each assessment includes a field visit by experts from ...
The Africa Report

In Kenya, surprise holiday for tree planting as Ruto critics decry ‘hypocrisy’

President William Ruto through his Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the drive is part of the government plans to grow 15 billion trees by 2030. The aim is to increase forest cover in the country ...
Mother Jones

Here’s How Small Farmers Across Africa Are Bringing Back Trees

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For decades, there have been reports of the deforestation in Africa. And they are ...
Independent Online

Climate Change: Tree planting catches the eye of SA corporates

Tree planting traditions in South Africa have no comparable social movement status and their primary purpose has been public relations. This is not to suggest that no good has come of it. Tree ...
The Nation Newspaper

Lafarge Africa partners Ogun govt to drive one-million tree planting mission

Lafarge Africa Plc, a leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company and manufacturer of a range of cement brands, partnered with the Ogun State Government to commemorate Ogun Tree ...
The New York Times

Things Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees

A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving. By Rachel Nuwer Rachel Nuwer has reported on earlier concerns about ...
CNN

Kenya announces public holiday for nationwide tree planting in reforestation drive

The Kenyan government has declared that Monday will be a “special holiday” in which people nationwide will be expected to plant trees to help with the country’s land restoration efforts. Kithure ...
The Conversation

Palm trees in Africa are in decline: these botanists made a plan to do something about it

Associate Professor at Université Nangui ABROGOUA, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and Research Associate at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire specializing in Palms family ...