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Discover the latest stories from our partners and the impact your generous donation is making for people and planet. And read our views on the issues facing our environment and the communities we work with.
Planting native trees to restore and protect Dundori Forest.
Since March, we’ve been supporting the local community to source, plant and grow threatened tree species in a bid to restore and protect Dundori Forest, Kenya.
Technology shows importance of big trees in meeting climate targets
it turns out the older assessments significantly underestimate the carbon stored in taller trees. Put simply, taller older trees tend to be denser and thus store proportionately more carbon than smaller trees – by around 70-80% more.
Reflecting on 2022
James looks back on all the achievements of our partners and team and looks ahead to the year to come.
Tree Planting in France
Dehaney James, ITF’s newest team member, shares about a recent tree planting trip to Paris at Ferme de Pontaly.
Reforesting Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Together with our partner, the Centre for Research Uptake in Africa, we are engaging the local Batwa community in a vital forest restoration project.
Beyond transactional net zero: an alternative for companies and people
There is an increasingly strong appetite for companies and individuals to be ‘net zero’. The desire to say, “on balance we are not contributing to climate change”. The ‘we’ in question can be a person, a family, a company or even a government.
What we’re up to this National Tree Planting Week
Our UK team kickstarted this National Tree Planting Week with an exciting tree planting session alongside one of our community partners at the Blue Cross animal rehoming centre in Burford, West Oxfordshire.
Plant trees and transform lives this Christmas
For one week only, you can double your impact thanks to the Big Give! That’s twice the impact for our planet and the communities we work with.
Reflections on this year’s climate COP in Egypt
We know that trees are not a panacea for fixing climate change. But we know that community-led reforestation and forest protection, done well, is a major plank in wider global strategies to combat climate change and protect nature.
Planting trees for climate change resilience
We’re supporting local communities in Marsabit County, Kenya to plant trees that help build resilience to and combat the drastic effects of climate change.
Restoring the wetlands in Saiwa Swamp National Park
Thanks to your support of our 2021 Christmas Big Give Campaign, we’re planting trees to restore and protect the shrinking wetlands in Saiwa Swamp National Park, Kenya.
The Amazon breathes a sigh of relief after Brazil elects Lula as its president
Lula was the candidate for anyone with a concern for the future of our planet with his campaign promise of zero deforestation.
Looking through kaleidoscopes
I used to simply divide the year into four seasons. It was a moot point about when one season bowed off the stage and the next one appeared, but the four seasons were the fundamental way that I defined the annual natural cycle.
My internship with ITF
I can proudly say, I was a part of the oldest and most amazing tree planting organisation in the world.
Collecting acorns
Last week the UK team went out into Oxford to pick some acorns for an exciting little project we have going on.
Who is a trustworthy carbon offset buyer?
In the cacophony of voices speaking about carbon markets, those of rural and agricultural communities, particularly in the global South, risk being left out.
Community-led land regeneration
Discover how we're supporting smallholder farmers in Western Tanzania to adopt sustainable and cost-effective tree planting techniques that regenerate their for increased self-sufficiency.
Adopt a tree
Discover how we’ve been working with students and teachers Kenya to unlock the multiple benefits of trees.
The Queen: a remarkable legacy
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the Queen. Our thoughts are with our Patron, King Charles III, and his whole family.
Restoring Ghana’s Black Volta Basin ecosystem
Discover how we’ve been planting trees with local communities to restore and protect the riparian forests around the Black Volta Basin in Northwest Ghana.
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