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300 Million Trees Planted By 49 Thousand Farmers In Sustainable Agroforestry Systems

Stuart Mitchell

49,000 farmers have restored their degraded farmland through an agroforestry technique called the Forest Garden Approach. With training from regenerative agriculture nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES), farmers have planted a combined 300 million trees on their land.  “This land before was unproductive, but now you can see it is very productive. I’ve planted a big Forest Garden. I’ve already planted over 7,200 seedlings,” says Kenyan farmer Mary Ndanzu.  Forest Gardens are made up of thousands of trees and dozens of different food and resource crops. Farmers are able to…

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Lloyds Banking Group on its way to planting 10 million trees by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group planted 1 million trees over the last year as part of its ambition to help finance a green recovery and reduce the impact of climate change across the UK. Working alongside the Woodland Trust, the 10 year partnership focuses on planting new woodlands, expanding local community volunteering and providing support for the farming and agriculture sector. The partnership will significantly help towards the reforestation of the UK, increase the UK carbon sink and ultimately improve access to nature for people across the UK. It is estimated that…

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HP Inc. and the Arbor Day Foundation Team Up to Plant One Million Trees by the End of 2020

Stuart Mitchell

HP Inc. has pledged to plant one million trees by the end of 2020 through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation that supports World Economic Forum’s and American Forests’ 1t.org U.S. initiative that serves as a global movement to conserve, restore and grow one trillion trees by 2030. The pledge reaffirms HP’s ongoing commitment to restoring, protecting and improving the management of global forests as part of the company’s vision for print sustainability. In addition, HP also pledged to reduce potable water consumption in global operations by 35% by…

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Thai Union to Plant Over 7,000 Trees to Offset Carbon Emissions From Global Meeting

Stuart Mitchell

Thai Union Group PCL. will have more than 7,000 trees planted around the world to offset the carbon footprint from its annual global leadership meeting last year. Thai Union has joined with #TeamTrees to have 7,222 trees planted between 2020-2022 as part of the company’s strategy to offset a global meeting and help protect the environment, noting that 2019 was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans. “At Thai Union, we understand very clearly the threat to our planet from climate change and have already seen a significant…

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Woodland Trust, Yorkshire Water and Forest of Bradford kick off the planting of 1 million trees

Stuart Mitchell

Last month saw the planting of over 14,000 trees at Ogden Water marking the start of a partnership that will see one million trees planted on land owned by Yorkshire Water and leased by the Woodland Trust to help expand the White Rose Forest as part of the new Northern Forest project. Planting will be carried out by The Forest of Bradford and the Woodland Trust. A mixture of native trees and shrubs including oak, beech and silver birch will be planted at the site to enhance the biodiversity of the site…

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