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Raising The Bar: Strengthening Forest Ambitions In Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Our new report finds that targets on forests in the NDCs are insufficient despite the crucial role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaption.

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Experiencing forest restoration first-hand at COP16, Cali, Colombia 

A group of delegates visit a Trillion Trees forest restoration site near Farallones National Park – and plant their own trees!

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Seeds of hope: Community forest restoration in Colombia

Hear the story of local conservationist, Victoria Larraniaga, and her work with landowners and children to restore forest to degraded farming areas of southern Colombia

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#Forests2Follow: Cloud forests of Colombia

Perched high above sea level and shrouded in mist, the cloud forests of Colombia are a unique ecosystem, harbouring rich biodiversity.

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Can money actually grow from trees?

How collective action can unlock finance for nature

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Preserving Laos' unique biodiversity and wilderness

Jay White shares the story of his work restoring and protecting one of the most remote natural spaces in Laos.

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Building bridges for the global forest restoration community

Anita Diederichsen, Global Lead for Forest Landscape Restoration at WWF and Chair of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration, tells the story of her journey into restoration and why she believes working in partnership with others is so important.

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Silky sifaka (Propithicus candidus) in Makira Natural Park.

#Forests2Follow: Madagascar, A Haven of Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage

Madagascar, an island with over 160 million years of isolation, boasts unique biodiversity with 80% of its species found nowhere else on Earth, alongside a rich cultural heritage shaped by over 20 ethnic groups.

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Revaluing Yerba mate to protect the Atlantic Forest

Environmental conservationist Juan Pablo Cinto talks about his work with Aves Argentinas on forest restoration and biodiversity

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ReForest Fund Update - Summer 2024

The Trillion Trees ReForest Fund supports forest restoration across a portfolio of sites, bringing back vital wildlife habitat and collaborating with local communities to reverse landscape degradation and restore forests.

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Finding hope in Laos' biggest National Park

Suni Urquhart visits the Trillion Trees project site in the Nam Et Phou Louey National Park, Laos

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Goals Plant Trees: Restoring Forests through Football

Trillion Trees and Football for Forests join forces to mobilise fans as UEFA EURO 2024 tournament kicks-off

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Fighting Forest Fires and Restoring Nature

A community leader's journey to restore and protect Bolivia's forests

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Trillion Trees 2023 Impact Report is out!

Forest protection and quality restoration for people, nature and climate

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ReForest Fund Update – December 2023

The Trillion Trees ReForest Fund supports forest restoration across a portfolio of sites where our partners have long-term conservation programmes and where forest degradation needs to be reversed, working with local communities every step of the way.

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October 2023 Forest Update

Restoring degraded forests, the spectacular Congo Basin and your views

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Aerial view of the forest in the Republic of Congo

#Forests2Follow - The Congo Basin: A globally significant landscape

Home to the world’s second largest rainforest spanning six countries, the forest of the Congo Basin is one of earth’s most biodiverse and spectacular. It plays a vital role in carbon storage and in ecological services that thousands of people rely upon.

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Restoring degraded forests: an under-appreciated climate solution

A new Trillion Trees study shows that prioritising the restoration of degraded forest, not just cleared lands, could help meet climate and biodiversity goals more rapidly

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#Forests2Follow - A globally significant landscape: South America’s Atlantic Forest

Less well known than its famous neighbour the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest used to be one of the world’s largest forests, covering 1 million square kilometres on the eastern coastlines of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Now, only around 17% of it remains across the biome – making it the most threatened of all tropical forests.

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New guidelines for communicating about ecosystem restoration

Principles of Restoration Communications published with 1t.org, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Nature4Climate and Laura de Molière PhD

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ReForest Fund Update – June 2023

The Trillion Trees ReForest Fund supports forest restoration across a portfolio of sites where our partners have long-term conservation programmes and where forest degradation needs to be reversed, working with local communities every step of the way.

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#Forests2Follow

We kick off our #Forests2Follow series with a spotlight on five special landscapes

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April 2023 Forest Update

Forest friendly chocolate, what is quality restoration and life on a reforested planet

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Trillion Trees named a Keeling Curve Prize Finalist

The Global Warming Mitigation Project Announces 2023 Keeling Curve Prize Finalists

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Forest-friendly chocolate

Meet the cocoa farmers of the Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone, where sustainable cocoa production is boosting local livelihoods

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Life on a reforested planet

Envisioning a forested future and how we can achieve it

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Trillion Trees 2022 Impact Report is out!

Forest protection and quality restoration for people, nature and climate

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January 2023 Forest Update

Reasons for hope, tree-growing guidance for faith groups and a spice nursery in Tanzania

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Spice of Life

How one woman and a cooperative spice nursery are helping restore the forests of the Usambara Mountains, the ‘water towers’ of Northern Tanzania

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First ever tree-growing guide for Faith Organisations is launched at COP 15

Trillion Trees, WWF and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have jointly published the first-ever comprehensive guide to tree growing, designed for use by faith groups across the world. 

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Statement on COP27 and looking toward CBD COP15

What do the outcomes of COP27 mean for forests?

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Trillion Trees joins Restor platform

Partnership will contribute to transparency of the global restoration movement

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ReForest Fund Update – October 2022

There has never been a more critical time to protect and restore our planet. Trillion Trees believes that forests are one of our greatest hopes and play a key role in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Turning Pledges to Action

COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: 6 to 18 November 2022

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Bringing forest restoration to life across nine countries

WWF’s Severin Kalonga reflects on his journey in the conservation sector

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October 2022 Forest Update

Trees for goals, real restoration costs, championing women conservationists and more...

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“Women need to carve a path.”

Around Mount Kenya, Milka Musyoki is weaving a female legacy into forest conservation

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Vicky Mbofu driving for her work

To protect and restore Tanzania’s 'breadbasket', communities are front and centre

Vicky Mbofu shares her work in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands

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Trillion Trees launches new research drive to discover the real cost of restoring forests

“To fix a problem, it’s essential to know how much it really costs.”

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July 2022 Forest Update

Field visit to Kenya and Tanzania, Forest Accelerator news and commitment in Colombia

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May 2022 Forest Update

Protecting wildlife in Congo, Wild for All Challenge, and more...

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ReForest Fund 2021 annual report

The world is at a crucial moment in defining how we steward our planet. Trillion Trees believes preserving and restoring forests is critical to responding to the challenge of the biodiversity and climate crises.

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How the hopes of COP26 must translate to action

Trillion Trees Executive Director, John Lotspeich reflects on the outcome of COP26 and what it will mean for forests.

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Fabiana Benitez on a Forest path

October 2021 Forest Update

Inspirational stories from conservationists on the ground

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Turning pledges into action

ReForest Fund report 2021

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Trillion Trees welcomes the ‘Protecting Our Planet Challenge’

Trillion Trees commends today’s launch of the ‘Protecting Our Planet Challenge’, a commitment by nine organisations to pledge $5 billion to protect and conserve 30 per cent of the planet by 2030

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Birdwatcher with binoculars in the forests of Brazil

'Food Forests’ could throw a lifeline to rare Brazilian birdlife in the Atlantic Forest

Alice Reisfeld and her team are ushering in a bird-based ecological renaissance in the world’s most imperilled tropical habitat

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Restoring tree cover to Tanzania

Azaria Kilimba’s pioneering work in community forest conservation has so far seen half a million hectares reclaimed for nature

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We must act ACT NOW to reverse climate change

Trillion Trees welcomes the IPCC’s milestone report documenting unequivocally that human-caused emissions have warmed the planet, and that we are dangerously close to not being able to reverse this.

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Madagascar's magnificent Makira Forest

Felix Ratelolahy, tells how he is helping restore Madagascar to its former ‘Green Island’ glory

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Forest guardians and nature's nurseries on Mount Kenya

Paul Gacheru shares how the forested foothills of his childhood are being restored to health – with farmers and families at the helm

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Technology helps tree planting champions in Tanzania

To protect and stabilise the local environment, one thousand local people have raised 540,000 seedlings in just one season – and they’re monitoring them using an app

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Tea and empathy

Can you regenerate a rainforest with a cup of tea? That’s what Trillion Trees’ partner, BirdLife International is achieving in the heart of South America, with Fabiana Benítez of Guyra Paraguay at the centre.

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Trillion Trees Forest Update - June 2021

June 2021 - Regeneration, planting and Covid response

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Forests for hope

Why we should stay positive and continue the fight

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Forests will regrow if we let them

Our new research shows that a total area of 58.9 million hectares of forests - equivalent to the size of France - have regrown in the last 20 years.

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Impact report: 20 billion trees protected & restored

Trillion Trees has released its first ever Impact Report

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Trillion Trees Forest Update - March 2021

March 2021 - Restoration Stories

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The long roots of research

How decades of work generated a simple solution to Rwanda’s forest degradation

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Ghana's irreplaceable Atewa Forest

BMW Group, Tetra Pak and Schüco international express concerns about sourcing aluminium from the Atewa Forest

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The real cost of planting trees

In a new commentary for Scientific American, WCS’s Lauren Oakes investigates the big question: What is the real cost of tree planting?

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Earthshot Prize

Trillion Trees is delighted to have been selected as an official Nominator for the prestigious Earthshot Prize.

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Forests of hope

In the climate emergency, forests offer hope

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New Trillion Trees Executive Director

Trillion Trees is delighted to announce the appointment of John Lotspeich as its first Executive Director.

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Reflections on forests

This Earth Day, the planet is getting a bit more breathing space than it has had for a long time.

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Forest Landscape Sustainability Accelerator

An investment boost for the future of forest conservation

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Trillion Trees welcomes 1T.org

Trillion Trees welcomes global support to conserve and restore vital forest

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Big win in Colombia

Colombia’s Serranía de Chiribiquete is now the world's largest tropical rainforest park

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Nature-friendly rubber

Nature-friendly rubber

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