Scientists discover new forest with undiscovered species on Google Earth

A British-led expedition found 7,000 hectares of forest, rich in biodiversity, known as Mount Mabu The mountainous area of northern Mozambique in southern Africa had been overlooked by science due to inhospitable terrain and decades of civil war in the country. However, while scrolling around on Google Earth, an internet map that allows the viewer [...]

Tree-planting for more employment

In this time of recession here is a way to generate employment through nature consevation In August 1995, I was in New Zealand for a brief work-related trip. While on my way to a dairy farm, I noticed that the forest formations on the hills on both sides of the road did not look like [...]

Deal struck on forests in climate talks

POZNAN, Poland (AP) — Negotiators broke an impasse Wednesday on including forest conservation in a new climate change agreement, guaranteeing a voice for native peoples who live in forests and rewarding India and China for replanting depleted lands. Environmentalists said the compromise text, agreed in a committee at the U.N. climate talks, was an important [...]

Children branch out into tree planting

BUDDING gardeners from two Fylde schools have been planting trees so generations of children will be able to enjoy watching them grow.Children from Hall Park School, Lytham, and Lytham C of E School helped plant two silver birches and a rowan tree in school grounds. Fylde Council donated the trees and Lytham in Bloom Group [...]

Aberdeen tree-planting scheme takes root

Move to provide shelter for playing fields A SCHEME to plant hundreds of trees in an Aberdeen park got under way yesterday. Around 40 oak, ash and elm trees were planted in Cummings Park, which houses Northfield Academy’s playing fields and a section that was renamed last year after Allan Douglas, a young soldier from [...]

Forest Service honors Vermont groups for their river work

ARLINGTON — The Batten Kill Watershed Alliance and the White River Partnership, along with the Green Mountain National Forest, will be awarded the U.S. Forest Service’s Eastern Region Honor this month for the work the groups have done together to protect Vermont rivers. Cynthia Browning, executive director the alliance, said the key to the award [...]

Indonesian president declares national tree planting day

Cibinong (ANTARA News) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declared November 28, 2008 as The National Tree Planting Day and December as the National Tree Planting Month. The president made the declaration at Limnologi Cibinong Research Center of Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Cibinong, Bogor, on Friday. President Yudhoyono declared the national planting day [...]

Trees must be multiplied according to population

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – First Lady Ani Yudhoyono said she hoped that at one point in the future the number of trees in Indonesia would grow at the same rate as its population The First Lady expressed the hope when launching a Women`s Tree Planting and Caring Movement 2008 themed “Towards Families` Food Resilience” at [...]

Simpsonville considers tree-planting law

SIMPSONVILLE — The city Planning Commission will be asked Tuesday to recommend approval of an ordinance that would require developers to plant trees on clear-cut land that has sat vacant for more than 90 days. The goal is to eliminate acres of unsightly red dirt where developers bulldozed trees and grass to grade property for [...]

Fall is for planting

“I wish more gardeners understood that fall is a primary planting season in Louisiana. For years horticulturists have tried to get the word out that November through February is the ideal time to plant hardy trees and shrubs in the landscape. Planting in late November and early December is especially good since trees and shrubs [...]