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Sustainable Planet

10 reasons to protect forests and plant many more

Life Terra is a foundation with a mission to enable people to take impactful climate action now by facilitating tree planting,…

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Sustainable Planet

The Origin of ‘Tree Huggers’: The Brave Men and Women Who Gave Their Lives to Protect Our Trees

The origin of the term “tree huggers” dates back to the 18th century when a group of brave men and women…

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Sustainable Planet

Sebastião Salgado’s Reforestation with Instituto Terra – 2.7 Million Trees in Brazil Over 20 Years

The mammoth project has planted saplings of more than 290 species of trees, and seen the return of many species of…

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Sustainable Planet

Rainforest Trust and Partners Have Protected More Than 1 Million Acres so far in 2022 alone!

US non-profit Rainforest Trust overcame the many challenges caused by the pandemic to protect invaluable acreage in Belize, Ecuador, Guatemala, Bangladesh,…

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Good Stuff

Skydiver scatters more than 100 million seeds over a deforested patch of the Amazon.

Plunging at over 300kph, Brazilian parachutist Luigi Cani dropped more than 100 million seeds from 27 species of trees native to…

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Sustainable Planet

More Than 500 Acres of California Redwood Forest Returned to Indigenous Guardianship

Save the Redwoods League has donated 532 acres of redwood forestland to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a coalition of Native…

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Sustainable Planet

Belize: unprecedented deal to preserve Maya Forest boosts total protected lands to almost 40%

Over a dozen organisations joined forces to protect 236,000 acres (96,000 ha) of land that represents a crucial linchpin in the…

6 mins
181

Good Stuff

Ed Sheeran shares how he intends to ‘rewild as much of the UK’ as he can

The 30-year-old global music icon told listeners of a radio show “I’m trying to buy as much land as possible and…

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Inspiring People

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest granted Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’ by highest court

The seven justices of the Constitutional Court ruled that mining in a protected forest violates constitutional rights of nature, threatens the…

6 mins
105

Sustainable Planet

Graduates of Dutch University receive tree as gift in new forest

Avans University in the Netherlands is growing a forest by planting trees for and with each new graduate.

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10 reasons to protect forests and plant many more

The Origin of ‘Tree Huggers’: The Brave Men and Women Who Gave Their Lives to Protect Our Trees

Sebastião Salgado’s Reforestation with Instituto Terra – 2.7 Million Trees in Brazil Over 20 Years

Rainforest Trust and Partners Have Protected More Than 1 Million Acres so far in 2022 alone!

Skydiver scatters more than 100 million seeds over a deforested patch of the Amazon.

More Than 500 Acres of California Redwood Forest Returned to Indigenous Guardianship

Belize: unprecedented deal to preserve Maya Forest boosts total protected lands to almost 40%

Ed Sheeran shares how he intends to ‘rewild as much of the UK’ as he can

Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest granted Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’ by highest court

Graduates of Dutch University receive tree as gift in new forest

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