7 September 2020
The Great Green Wall plan for an 8000-kilometre-long band of trees across Africa to hold back encroaching deserts and provide people with livelihoods has been embraced by 11 countries since its launch 13 years ago. Has it worked so far?
22 July 2020
If the height of a tree is limited, what about its width? Readers give their thoughts
1 July 2020
The practice of "narco-ranching", in which drug traffickers launder money through cattle ranches, seems to be responsible for swathes of deforestation in Guatemala, according to an analysis of aerial images
20 May 2020
How can trees planted in concrete jungles get the water they need to survive from the soil? Our readers give answers
5 February 2020
An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinated
23 January 2020
North Sea oil firms and airlines should fund a colossal tree-planting drive to fight climate change as soon as next year, the UK government’s climate advisers have urged
20 January 2020
Michelin and WWF have been criticised over a rubber plantation in Indonesia which villagers say has caused deforestation and destroyed elephant habitat
15 January 2020
Project ELF was a 90-kilometre antenna buried under Michigan’s forests to communicate with nuclear submarines – with strange consequences for the surrounding nature
8 January 2020
Mulberry, a book celebrating the marvellous tree, goes beyond its ancient links to silk production to explore its role in everything from the oldest banknotes to modern drugs
18 December 2019
It has been a prized commodity for millennia – but a cocktail of conflict, poverty and burgeoning demand is putting frankincense under pressure
