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- Why Europe and America’s dying forests could be good newsyt.artemislena.eu Why Europe and America’s dying forests could be good news
Germany is losing its forests, FAST. In the central Harz region, over 90 percent of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and insect damage. But this isn’t necessarily bad news. Instead of the former monoculture forest, a more resilient, wild forest is springing up, with a more ab...
- Redlined neighborhoods see less biodiversity than wealthier areas, report sayswww.capradio.org Redlined neighborhoods see less biodiversity than wealthier areas, report says
UC Berkeley researchers analyzed neighborhoods in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego to explore the link between wildlife and the legacy of redlining.
- Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schoolscalmatters.org Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Groups push California to plant more trees at schools to protect students from a warming planet. Here’s how they want to pay for it.
This picture was too cute for me to resist!
- Tree-sit Stops Old-growth Logging Project in Southern Oregonleftcoastrightwatch.org TREE-SIT STOPS OLD-GROWTH LOGGING PROJECT IN SOUTHERN OREGON | Left Coast Right Watch
Forest defenders successfully staged a tree-sit in April that stopped a logging operation in Southern Oregon and plan another nearby in June
- In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestationapnews.com In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation
A female-led group of forest rangers in Indonesia are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16316375
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16316322 > > > In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation
- The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giantswww.theguardian.com The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
Forests across Europe, the US and Canada have been hard hit by drought, fires and bark beetles. Now scientists fear the northern hemisphere’s greatest carbon sink is nearing a tipping point
- Cannonball tree
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/13186793
> Couroupita guianensis, Penang botanical garden.
Make sure to check out the flowers too! https://mander.xyz/comment/10767031
- EDIBLE FOREST GARDEN · Grow Food & Heal the Earth · Lessons Learned
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Very cool project and glad to see it’s still going strong. Fun fact: I actually helped plant some of the very first trees here when it was just an empty field.
- Defendants unmasked in court face cost of damage for allegedly felling famous 150-year-old treeapnews.com Defendants unmasked in court face cost of damage for allegedly felling famous 150-year-old tree
Prosecutors in England say two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall.
- This ancient tree is one of the oldest in Minnesota. The warming climate might kill it.www.startribune.com This ancient tree is one of the oldest in Minnesota. The warming climate might kill it.
The Legacy Tree has withstood windstorms, endured drought, dodged fires and even escaped the lumber mill, which leveled the surrounding forest — but it may not survive Minnesota’s future climate.
- As the climate changes, cities scramble to find trees that will survivegrist.org As the climate changes, cities scramble to find trees that will survive
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”
- ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in needwww.theguardian.com ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need
Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree-planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperatures
- Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?apnews.com Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?
Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup?
- Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist sayswww.theguardian.com Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says
Another campaigner says state environment minister ‘refuses to do anything’ ahead of koala protection summit in Sydney
- How Israel Weaponizes Tree Planting to Displace Palestinians | Jacobinjacobin.com How Israel Weaponizes Tree Planting to Displace Palestinians
Israel has long used forestation projects to push Palestinians off their lands. That has included the ongoing displacement of Bedouin people in the Naqab desert by a large tree-planting project, funded in large part by charitable donations from the US.
- Cities Are Good at Planting Trees. They’re Not So Good at Keeping Them | The Walrusthewalrus.ca Cities Are Good at Planting Trees. They’re Not So Good at Keeping Them | The Walrus
One city managed to buck the trend, and its urban canopy is flourishing
- 🌲🌳The Quiet Work Trees Do for the Planet🌴🌵time.com The Quiet Work Trees Do for the Planet
"Trees are many things in our climate-fragile world: shields, indicators, educators, and managers," writes Daniel Lewis.
- World's earliest fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somersetwww.bbc.com World's earliest fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset
The tree fossils dating back 390 million years were found near a Butlin's holiday camp in Somerset.
- Tampa to plant 30,000 trees by 2030 to restore city’s canopywww.fox13news.com Tampa to plant 30,000 trees by 2030 to restore city’s canopy
The city of Tampa will be adding hundreds of trees in two communities as part of the mayor’s mission to plant 30,000 new trees by 2030.
TAMPA, Fla. - The city of Tampa will be adding hundreds of trees in two communities as part of the mayor’s mission to plant 30,000 new trees by 2030.
"We were known, previously, as having one of the best tree canopies in the world," Mayor Jane Castor said. "Every five years, USF does a tree study in the city. This last tree study showed that we had lost approximately 8% of our canopy. And so, we are doing all that we can to replace that and replace it with trees that make a difference."
- 'Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locationswww.livescience.com 'Living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years being planted in secret locations
Wollemi pines — thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago — were rediscovered in 1994. Scientists are now hoping to reintroduce the species in the wild in a conservation effort that could take centuries.
- Can you help me save this Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)
I'm not sure if this is a good fit for this community, but I've read enough to know there are some very knowledgeable folks here, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Feel free to remove if it's off topic/too specific.
This umbrella pine has been here for around 60 years, and recently started having some trouble. I know a certain amount of yellowing and seasonal needle drop is common, but it seems like this one's been hit especially hard, and there's a companion tree on the other side of the house, same age, which is still deep green. I'd really really love to keep it going, and I'm hoping it's not too late.
We had a bad summer, unusually wet, and I think it stressed this tree - the other one is on top of a hill so it must get better drainage. There was also some construction somewhat nearby, and uphill, which might be causing more water to enter the yard - the basement flooded for the first time in awhile. Also a road crew cut some trees that might have been shading it occasionally, I'm not sure. They might have been too far away to make any difference.
I'm planning to improve on a drainage ditch which runs along the driveway between this tree and the wettest areas, hopefully before snowmelt. I guess my questions are is there anything else I can/should do? Soil test in case it needs something? Can this tree be saved? It's yellowing but it still has some deep green in places (mostly on the shady side).
I have some closeups too if that would help.
- Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study findswww.theguardian.com Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds
Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooled
- This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industrywapo.st This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry
Cork oaks are making homes warmer, cars lighter and clothes biodegradable — while still feeding the birds and absorbing carbon.
- The greatest trees of Los Angeleswww.latimes.com The greatest trees of Los Angeles
I talked to arborists, landscape architects, gardeners, historians, activists, tree-heads and more, all to find an answer to my question: Which L.A. trees are the best trees, the ones worth celebrating?
archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240202223752/https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-01-29/greatest-trees-of-los-angeles
- In Tucson & other cities, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and foodwww.tucsonsentinel.com In Tucson & other cities, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and food
Tucson’s shadeless neighborhoods, which are predominantly low-income and Latino, soak up the heat, and a movement is underway to populate the city’s street corners and vacant lots with groves of trees - not just to keep sidewalks cool, but also to help feed people.
- Everyone says trees are good for us. This scientist wants to prove itwapo.st Everyone says trees are good for us. This scientist wants to prove it.
An ongoing science experiment involves nearly 8,000 trees and shrubs in southern Louisville and health data from nearly 500 residents.
> Nearly 8,000 trees and shrubs in southern Louisville and health data from about 500 residents fill out the urban science experiment
- Do redwood trees have a place in the future of WA’s forests? They’re already herewww.columbian.com Do redwood trees have a place in the future of WA’s forests? They’re already here
MASON COUNTY — The acre of coast redwood trees here was planted over three decades ago and has grown roughly twice as fast as its 130-year-old native neighbors of Douglas fir, hemlock and cedar trees.
Already posted an article on this last month but it fascinates me and I thought this was a good overview :)
- Managing for Old Forest Characteristics - Vermont Land Trust
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- To The Trees | A Film by Eleanor Goldfieldtothetreesfilm.com To The Trees | A Film by Eleanor Goldfield
To The Trees highlights forest defense tactics in Northern California while calling into question our current relationships to nature, how we might reframe them, and why that's vital to our survival and a livable future. ToTheTreesFilm.com
I thought I'd share this wonderful film about forest defenders and why they do what they do.
- So, You Want To Plant Some Treeswww.strongtowns.org So, You Want To Plant Some Trees
Street trees are the only municipal asset that increases in value and capacity over time. Here are some things you should keep in mind for when you’re ready to get out there and start planting!
I seriously encourage anyone to think about doing this. Navigating the bureaucracy can be annoying but the chances of success are much higher than guerilla planting. I’ve seen lots of hard work get mowed down by uncaring city employees, so getting them on board ahead of time is worth the effort.
- As if elephants weren't already awesome, they eat xmas trees!apnews.com Unsold Christmas trees are on the menu for elephants and bison at the Berlin Zoo
There’s a bit of post-Christmas cheer on the menu for elephants at the Berlin Zoo: they can chomp on Christmas trees that didn’t find a home.
cross-posted from: https://moist.catsweat.com/m/til@lemmy.world/t/123083
> There’s a bit of post-Christmas cheer on the menu for elephants at the Berlin Zoo: they can chomp on Christmas trees that didn’t find a home.
- As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in US Pacific Northwestapnews.com As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in Pacific Northwest
As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service and others are turning to a strategy called “assisted migration.”
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/5315976
> > As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in the Northern Hemisphere are predicted to move farther north and higher in elevation. > > > >Trees, of course, can’t get up and walk to their new climatic homes. This is where assisted migration is supposed to lend a hand.
- Genetic engineering was meant to save American chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake.wapo.st Genetic engineering was meant to save chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake.
The mistake would prove to be the latest in a series of concerns, driving the American Chestnut Foundation to pull its support for the effort.
> A potential labelling error was the latest in a series of concerns for the American Chestnut Foundation, driving the nonprofit to pull support for a genetically engineered tree meant resurrect an iconic American species.
- ‘Horrified’: Devon village in shock at felling of 100 ancient beech treeswww.theguardian.com ‘Horrified’: Devon village in shock at felling of 100 ancient beech trees
Outrage in Colaton Raleigh after trees felled by government agency without consulting community
Residents of Colaton Raleigh village in Devon, England were upset after discovering that 100 ancient beech trees located on a conservation site had been felled without consulting the local community. The Forestry Commission approved an application by a local landowner to cut down the trees. Residents said the trees were an important part of the local heritage and habitat, and that it will take over 200 years for new trees to regrow. Experts said engaging local communities is important for conservation decisions.
- US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survivalapnews.com US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival
The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9751948
> The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S. as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease. > > Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack said the goal was to provide an “ecologically-driven” approach to older forests — an arena where logging interests have historically predominated. It would be the first nationwide amendment to U.S. Forest Service management plans in the agency’s 118-year history, he said. > > Details were obtained by The Associated Press in advance of Tuesday’s public release of the proposal. > > It follows longstanding calls from environmentalists to preserve older forests that offer crucial wildlife habitat and other environmental benefits. The timber industry has fought against logging restrictions on government-owned lands.
- Saving the American chestnut: A story of renewal, regrowth and hope | Salonwww.salon.com Saving the American chestnut: A story of renewal, regrowth and hope
How community conservation and Appalachian tree medicine became the perfect balm against climate despair
- I planted a forest two years ago, let's see how it turned out | Beau Milesvid.puffyan.us I planted a forest two years ago
FOREST UPDATE 2023: In August of 2021 I loaded up my old ute and old trailer with 1440 trees, bundles of long sticks, a hand of bananas, pogo-stick-planter, dirty swag, slippery tin of sunscreen and a pair of bespoke gumboots lined with running innersoles. My aim was to plant a tree a minute for 24 ...