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Threatened tree species training in Meru County, Kenya
In Kenya, there are 1,100 native tree species, of which 10% are threatened with extinction. We are working with the communities and partners to ensure that none of Kenya’s tree species become extinct.
Gender justice and forest Restoration
Properly done, forest restoration can play a significant role in advancing gender justice.
Four things that make ITF special
International Tree Foundation is special. But its uniqueness does not lie only in that it cares for trees. Here are four things make ITF special.
The state of the UK’s woods and trees
Last month, the Woodland Trust published a landmark report, State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021. In it, the state of our native trees is laid bare.
Volunteers Week 2021
International Tree Foundation has been supported on our mission to plant trees by countless volunteers who gift us their time because they are passionate about reforesting the planet. Much of what we do would not be possible without their generosity.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
For Mental Health Awareness Week our team have been sharing what trees mean to them and how connecting with nature has helped them, especially during the pandemic.
A Hidden Oasis
For Mental Health Awareness Week our team have been sharing what trees mean to them and how connecting with nature has helped them, especially during the pandemic.
90 Kids with Trowels
On this day, we’d be planting a native hedge – 60 bare-root saplings of Beech, Hornbeam, Hazel, Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Wayfaring Tree.
Why community wellbeing should be central to forest conservation
This International Day of Forests, Ricardo, ITF’s Programmes Manager, shares how forests and rural communities depend on each other for wellbeing.
Unlocking the potential of women in landscape restoration
The question for this article is how? How do we ensure gender equality and equal rights to resources are designed into these large scale restoration programmes?
Working with women to reverse deforestation in Kenya
The project is a wonderful practical way of supporting women, of educating women and giving them the opportunity to experience empowerment.
Protecting semi-wooded pasture: A community tree planting project in The Forest of Dean
Join us on the first day of the Worcester Walk Community Project's landscape restoration journey, as we plant a continuous native hedge to protect the rare semi-wooded pasture in the Forest of Dean.
Trees feed my soul, by Noelle Leigh
Trees feed my soul. Trees speak to me, no not in words but in feelings.
2020 - Renewal and Restoration
One unintended consequence of the pandemic will be that when our attention turns to COP26 and the climate crisis, we won’t have had the time to forget that when faced with a threat of global magnitude, governments, businesses and civil society can achieve what was once thought farfetched.
Women tree planters of the Mara, a year on
At Christmas time last year we raised money for our good friend Noormichuki, and her tree planting project in the Mara, Kenya. As one of the first woman tree planters of this region, we were incredibly excited to support her in setting up new seedling nurseries and train other women in her community.
Help restore Kakamega Forest this Christmas
If we can raise £20,000, WWANC will create three new fruit tree nurseries, and plant 15,000 fruit trees to strengthen livelihoods and reduce pressure on the forest.
Scroggy Wood: An island of trees
In 2007 this land was unproductive farmland. Two streams flowed sluggishly through it to form a boggy field. With over 1,000 trees have been planted to transform the land and landscape.
Agroforestry inspiring communities in Brazil
Denise Amador Bittencourt, Biologist, Ecologist and Educator writes about different initiatives in Brazil, related to communities and agroforestry, some challenges, positive news and a vision for the future.
A stronger global restoration movement
To understand how to restore ecosystems across the world, we need vast quantities of data and sophisticated machine learning tools. But this isn’t enough.
Why I'm involved
An article by Alistair Pask, Ph.D., Founder of Reforest and Director of Reforest Tea. Reforest has supported the work of the International Tree Foundation in sub-Saharan Africa since mid-2019. This article describes his journey from 2015 to the present day.
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