Eastwoodhill is the name of the National Arboretum of New Zealand, and is located near the city of Gisborne in the North Island. It acts as an arboreal ark, or a safe haven, for threatened and endangered trees not only…
Eastwoodhill – the National Arboretum of NZ – acts as a safe haven for endangered trees from around the world.
New research finds forests do more than just store carbon
A recent article in The Guardian (UK newspaper / news website) highlights some new research showing that the world’s forests lay a far greater role in helping against climate change, due to their physical effects on global and local temperatures.…
Big Project: The Queens Commonwealth Canopy
Started in 2015, this is probably the largest global forest conservation project there is. And while the planting of new trees is only a small part of this project, it is encouraging greater conservation of significant tracts of forest areas…
Japanese company Brother’s click for the earth scheme
Widely available japanese printer brand Brother has set up a ‘click for the earth’ scheme to help direct its donation efforts for environmental conservation activities around the world. Via a specific website BrotherEarth anyone is able to add one ‘click’…
New conservation park for Great Barrier Island
New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island, located in the Hauraki Gulf off Auckland, is set for a new conservation park. Just over 12000 hectares of land will be transferred into the new Aotea Conservation Park. Whilst not being a case of…
Britain’s National Forest project – creating a new large woodland area
The National Forest project in the UK is a visionary mission to create a large new forest area (often referred to as woodland by the project) across 200 square miles of central England. Over 8 million trees have so far…
![Project Crimson – community planting day for Motu trials cycleway Project Crimson – community planting day for Motu trials cycleway](http://forestprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Depositphotos_39136617_s-670x300.jpg)
Project Crimson – community planting day for Motu trials cycleway
Project Crimson, focussed on renewing Pohutukawa and Rata tree stocks in New Zealand, is helping new plantings on a stretch of the Motu Dunes Cycle Trail. This community planting day is planned for the 8th June 2014. The project will…
![Singapore’s Unique Urban Forest Park Singapore’s Unique Urban Forest Park](http://forestprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Depositphotos_22343281_s-670x300.jpg)
Singapore’s Unique Urban Forest Park
Solar powered ‘super trees’ act as vertical gardens in 250-acre park development in Singapore.
Creation of Forests Ontario in Canada
A new larger organisation devoted to sustainable forests in Ontario Canada has been created through the merger of the two not-for-profits Trees Ontario and the Ontario Forestry Association (OFA). From March 19 2014, the new combined Forests Ontario aims to…
Kauri 2000 Project, Coromandel, New Zealand
KAURI 2000 is a long term project to add significant numbers of kauri trees on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. The kauri being New Zealand’s largest and most famous native tree. Started as a new millennium project (hence the…