Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’ The European commission will launch a sweeping effort to tackle the global biodiversity crisis on Wednesday, including a call for 3bn trees to be planted in the EU by 2030 and a...
You can’t expect to find a magic money tree, but if you are a wealthier investor, then adding a forest to your portfolio could boost your returns – and it’s environmentally friendly too. David Prosser explores the options. In turbulent political and economic times,...
Exclusive: carbon from most harvested wood soon ends up back in atmosphere, says study. Commercial tree plantations in Britain do not store carbon to help the climate crisis because more than half of the harvested timber is used for less than 15 years and a...
Market including food, drinks, clothing and energy has risen almost fourfold in past 20 years Ethical consumer spending has hit record levels in the UK, according to a new report that reveals the total market – including food, drinks, clothing, energy and eco-travel –...
Data confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute, according to the latest government data, pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a...
Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first...
