Discover how International Tree Foundation's partnerships are creating positive synergies for sustainable tree planting and forest restoration. Explore successful projects in different African countries and the UK, and learn how community involvement is at the heart of ITF's mission.

Professor Roger Leakey and Ricardo Romero, ITF's Africa Programme Manager, discuss the 'Great Reset Project' that was recently launched by HRH Prince Charles. This project is aimed at urgently re-building the foundations of our economic and social system for a more fair, sustainable and resilient future.

As a global community, we have not yet scratched the surface of agroforestry’s potential to help create a fairer, more sustainable and resilient agroeconomy. 

Discover the sustainable impact of ITF's reforestation and conservation projects in 2019. From Kenya to the UK, learn how communities are empowered to coexist with nature through tree planting, natural regeneration, agroforestry, education programs, and more.

Since the onset of the March-May 2020 long rains, flash floods have been reported in many parts of Kenya.

 ITF uses a community based approach whereby we work with local community based organisations, self-help groups and schools to carry our tree planting activities.

Oxford City Farm was set up a few years ago on a site in East Oxford as a space where people can grow food together, learn new skills, and meet new people.

Since 2014, ITF has partnered with Oxford City Farm (OCF) who provide highly valued opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with farming and food production, animals, nature and each other. Phil Pritchard, a member of OCF, shares his experience and advice for anyone interested in tree planting.

Our partners, Mpingo Conservation Development Initiative (MCDI) have just reported a very successful year in the restoration of the very biodiverse and threatened Miombo forest habitat.

Sunday 8th March marks International Women’s day. What better time to celebrate one of our own UK tree planting women: Sue Pitt. Over the past four years, Sue has facilitated the planting of over 1000 trees and helped vulnerable adults improve their well-being through nature.

Since 2004, Nathalie Raharilaza has worked for the tree planting project “Ny Tanintsika” as its Programme Manager, in S.E Madagascar. Between 2018 and 2019, she and her team managed to restore over 47 ha of forest and plant 35,000 trees. Today she shares her thoughts on the important role women play in community development and nature conservation.

We had the chance to interview Margret Masika, one of the chairwomen of the Alpha Women Empowerment Initiative (AWEI), a tree planting organisation near Kasese in Uganda.

This is a success story about how Ny Tanintsika restored 47 ha of forest in S. E. Madagascar in one year.

It was such a pleasure visiting the young residents who benefited from our very special orchard project and brought it to life. Hear from them first-hand telling us what the Fruit-full Communities project meant to them.

Thanks to funding from Guernsey Overseas Aid, in March ITF began a new project in Madagascar: Better Lives for People of the Forest Corridor. This partnership brings together two of ITF’s existing partners, EDENA (Education Development Environment Naturel) and Ny Tanintsika.

Böðvar Jónsson, who is thought to be the only ever Member of ITF from Iceland, contacted us to tell us about Skógar and the reforestation taking place there.

Thanks to many generous donations, we raised £10,390 in early December. This figure rose to £11,435 in February. With this funding, we’ve launched ‘My 20 Trees and Me’ tree planting prject with schools across Nakuru County, Kenya in partnership with the youth-led group, Globe Gone Green.

Paul Laird, ITF Programmes Manager, is encouraged by the commitment of farmers to grasp the challenges of Mount Bamboutos in Cameroon.

Discover how we’re working with local communities in South East Madagascar to reduce pressure on the natural forest, improve food security, promote the use of trees in farming systems and improve forest management practices.