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Grow a greener future with Plantober

In the UK, we desperately need more native trees. If you’re looking for a way to make a positive impact on the environment, join us this October for Plantober!

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Opinion James Whitehead, CEO Opinion James Whitehead, CEO

A time to plant

Summer ebbs away, the evenings begin to draw in and it won’t be long before the clocks change. And so the tree planting season gets under way.

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Blog post Mercy Kimani, Kenya Programmes Manager Blog post Mercy Kimani, Kenya Programmes Manager

Africa Climate Summit 2023

Against the backdrop of a growing climate crisis, the Africa Climate Summit brought together governments, NGOs and philanthropists, to set out concrete and sustainable solutions for a climate-resilient Africa.

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Opinion Lucy Staveley, UK Programme Development Officer Opinion Lucy Staveley, UK Programme Development Officer

The elegance of dead standing trees

If these trees are not going to cause a danger to public safety, are they not best left to stand and fall in their own time?

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Opinion James Whitehead, CEO Opinion James Whitehead, CEO

Away from ticking clocks 

“As I perch here quietly on a fallen log I feel a gentle internal shift towards organic time. It is a peaceful summer’s day in the forest, the sun shining through the oak and beech canopy.”

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Opinion James Whitehead, CEO Opinion James Whitehead, CEO

Evocative forests

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

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Project update International Tree Foundation Project update International Tree Foundation

Healing Mutuluni Forest

The ever increasing demand for charcoal is devastating Kenya’s beautiful Mutuluni Forest. But thanks to brilliant trees like the neem tree, the local community is fixing it.

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Blog post Stephen Barber, ITF Trustee Blog post Stephen Barber, ITF Trustee

The unique trees of Yakushima

Discover the unique and magical trees of Yakushima, home to Japan's oldest cedar, the Jōmon Sugi. Learn about the history of logging that threatened the island's ecosystem, and how it was saved thanks to the legacy of English botanist EH Wilson.

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