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A Ghanaian grandmother is proving you can protect rainforests and boost farming profits at the same time. Her success story offers a blueprint for communities worldwide facing the climate-versus-livelihood dilemma.
After witnessing deforestation in Borneo, artist Ekaterina Sky now donates 10% of her painting sales to plant native trees. Her Life Force Trees initiative has helped register over 3,800 trees and connects art lovers with real reforestation efforts.
A groundbreaking insurance framework just made it cheaper for tree-planting projects to sell carbon credits, putting more money toward actually restoring forests. Five insurers are already approved to help reforestation developers keep more revenue while still protecting buyers.
A newly renovated Fort Collins nursery will grow millions of tree seedlings to restore Colorado's wildfire-damaged forests. The $15.6 million facility just welcomed its first baby trees and could hold two million seedlings at full capacity.
Tennessee is inviting everyone to become forest stewards by collecting white oak acorns through November 15. Your backyard finds could grow into the towering giants of tomorrow's forests.
Tennessee is calling on its residents to help save white oak trees by collecting acorns through mid-November. The grassroots effort addresses a critical shortage in seedling production for forest restoration.
Wisconsin landowners can now order tree seedlings for spring 2027 planting, bringing the state closer to its goal of planting 100 million trees by 2030. The new online system makes it easier than ever to help reforest the state.
A pastor who started planting trees in his backyard nursery 25 years ago is now leading his entire community in restoring 150 hectares of degraded forest in Papua New Guinea's highlands. What began as one man's response to deforestation has grown into a movement involving schools, churches, and families across the region.
A Nigerian state is launching an ambitious reforestation campaign to plant 11 million trees by 2030, starting with two million this year. The initiative aims to combat desertification, protect farmland, and create new income opportunities for rural communities.
A forestry nursery in southern Syria is ramping up production to grow over 100,000 seedlings this year, part of a nationwide effort to bring back damaged woodlands and expand green cover. The trees will be distributed free to government departments and sold at low prices to local families starting in November.
A reforestation company just switched from pure profit to a hybrid nonprofit model that's helping entire countries plant native forests faster. Ghana is leading the way with a plan to restore 4.5 million hectares by bringing communities, governments, and local developers together.
As El Niño threatens water supplies across the Philippines, communities are planting thousands of native trees to protect watersheds and keep rivers flowing. The effort combines new forests with patrols to save existing trees from fire and illegal logging.