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  • Bamboo Could Lock in Carbon and Slow Climate Change

    Jan 4, 2025, 8:13 am By Syndicated Content
    Transcript: Bamboo is not just for panda bears. These tall, fast-growing plants can be used to make everything from flooring and furniture to fabric and cutting boards. And some scientists say bamboo could also help reduce climate change. As bamboo grows, it…
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  • Ground Truth Weekly Forest News January 3

    Jan 3, 2025, 6:04 pm By Stewart Mior
    Canadian Forests Face Rising High-Severity Fire Risk Recent research by Wang et al. (2024) reveals that Canada’s forests have become increasingly vulnerable to high-severity wildfires over the past 40 years, with a marked escalation in the 21st century.…
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  • Ground Truth Weskly Forest News January 3

    Jan 3, 2025, 5:02 pm By Stewart Mior
    Canadian Forests Face Rising High-Severity Fire Risk Recent research by Wang et al. (2024) reveals that Canada’s forests have become increasingly vulnerable to high-severity wildfires over the past 40 years, with a marked escalation in the 21st century.…
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  • This Week in Forest Finance, January 2

    Jan 2, 2025, 7:02 pm By Stewart Mior
    Niagara Tree-Planting Effort: NPCA, NRCAN, and 2 Billion Trees Program Lead Initiative The Niagara Peninsula Tree Planting Partnership is inviting private landowners to participate in its Trees For All program, a local extension of Canada’s 2 Billion Trees…
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  • Rainforest Outlook: Storylines to Watch in 2025

    Jan 1, 2025, 6:16 pm By Syndicated Content
    This story by Rhett A. Butler originally appeared in Mongabay, As 2025 begins, the future of the world’s tropical forests hangs in the balance, shaped by a confluence of political, economic, and environmental forces. From the Amazon to Southeast Asia and the…
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  • Pipal Tree: the Power of One (and of the Miyawaki Method)

    Dec 31, 2024, 4:42 pm By Stewart Mior
    Philip Holmes: Dentist and Tree-Planting Mastermind Lieutenant Colonel Philip Holmes, the founder of Pipal Tree, has had an incredible career trajectory. From dentist, to child-slave liberator, to the head of a tree-planting NGO in Nepal, his story is…
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  • Atlantic Forest Conservation Plan Open for Consultation

    Dec 30, 2024, 3:28 pm By Syndicated Content
    This article by Paula Laboissière originaly appeared in Agência Brasil. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has launched a public consultation on the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation and Fires in the Atlantic Forest…
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  • Isometric Partners with Pachama for Reforestation Credits

    Dec 29, 2024, 3:14 pm By Stewart Mior
    Does Isometric’s newly-announced partnership with Pachama mark a revolution in how reforestation carbon credits are verified? With promises of cutting-edge tools like AI, geospatial data, LiDAR, MRVs and dMRVs, it’s certainly generating buzz. But is it…
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  • India’s Forests Shift Towards Plantations

    Dec 28, 2024, 9:22 am By Syndicated Content
    This article by Kundan Pandey originally appeared in Mongabay. The Forest Survey of India released its latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR) which shows a marginal increase in forest and tree cover. However, there is a decline of forest cover in some…
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  • Ground Truth Weekly Forest News December 27

    Dec 27, 2024, 12:07 pm By Stewart Mior
    Supporting Open-Source Innovation on OpenClimate.fund Tobias Augsperger (the mind behind Opensustain.tech) recently introduced OpenClimate.fund, a collaborative initiative with Ecosyste.ms to financially support open-source climate and sustainability projects.…
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  • Intro to Forest Definitions in Two Minutes ????️????️????️

    Dec 27, 2024, 11:35 am By Chris Harris
    The definition of “forest” swings between two ends: a flexible, government-backed definition that shows success in forest management and carbon sequestration, and a strict conservationist view that accounts for ecological depth - which sometimes tells a…
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  • This Week in Forest Finance December 26

    Dec 26, 2024, 4:39 pm By Stewart Mior
    Sweet Releaf for First Nations in Manitoba from Tree Canada Tree Canada's 2024 Operation Releaf (we love that name!) has supported Blue Green Planet Project's Manitoba tree planting initiative. This eight-year reforestation endeavour near Devils Lake in…
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  • AI in the Mangroves: Charting Asir’s Path to Coastal Revival

    Dec 25, 2024, 11:13 am By Stewart Mior
    An Algorithm that Does Something Useful Tucked along Saudi Arabia’s stunning Red Sea coast, the mangroves of Asir are essentially nature’s bouncers, keeping storm surges, erosion, and biodiversity loss at bay. But even the toughest guardians have their…
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  • Will Nepal Receive World Bank Carbon Funds?

    Dec 23, 2024, 1:43 pm By Stewart Mior
    This article by Abhaya Raj Joshi originally appeared in Mongabay. Stakeholders warn that Nepal’s first results-based carbon funding of up to $45 million from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) may be subjected to complex…
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  • How Carbon Markets Affect Indigenous Peoples in Guyana

    Dec 22, 2024, 9:02 pm By Syndicated Content
    This article, written by Clarissa Levy and edited by Marina Amaral, was originally published on the Agência Pública website on October 16, 2024. It has been edited for length and context and republished here under a partnership agreement with Global…
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  • South Korea Slashes Forest Biomass Energy Subsidies

    Dec 21, 2024, 12:08 pm By Syndicated Content
    This article by Annelise Giseburt orignally appeared in Mongabay. In a surprise move, South Korea has announced that it will end subsidies for all new biomass projects and for existing state-owned plants cofiring biomass with coal, effective January 2025, a…
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  • Project Pinecone: Recovering Idaho Forests Post-Wapiti Fire

    Dec 21, 2024, 9:15 am By Syndicated Content
    This article by Mia Maldonado originally appeared in the Idaho Capital Sun. One organization is aiming to help forest managers recover the trees lost in one of Idaho’s most devastating fires this summer.  On Nov. 3, the nonprofit Daughters of the American…
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  • Ground Truth Weekly Forest News December 19

    Dec 19, 2024, 12:37 pm By Stewart Mior
    Tech Giants Join to form Symbiosis Coalition Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce have teamed up in the Symbiosis Coalition to scale nature-based carbon removal projects. The coalition has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking tree-planting…
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  • This Week in Forest Finance, December 18

    Dec 18, 2024, 1:50 pm By Stewart Mior
    $47.4 Million Initiative to Restore and Protect Colombia's Mangrove Ecosystems The project focuses on conserving, restoring, and sustainably managing mangrove ecosystems in Colombia, with $15.7 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)—an…
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  • Judge Tosses $33M Timber Lawsuit Over 2020 Wildfire Response

    Dec 18, 2024, 10:55 am By Syndicated Content
    This article by Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Chronicle. Editor’s note: The Capital Chronicle has launched a $10,000 end-of-year fundraising campaign to help us continue our first-class coverage next year. A lot is at stake, and…
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