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Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Manon Collard, Olivier Martin-Ducup, Nicolas Mellado, Laurent Larrieu, Fabien Laroche, Nicolas Gouix, Antoine Brin, Pierre Gonin, David Sheeren

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Macarena Férriz, Justin T. Maxwell, Grant L. Harley, Daniel J. King, Karen E. King, Tsun Fung Au, Benjamin J. Vandermyde, Brian Stoff, Beda Luitel

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Salvatore Seddaiu, Camilla Morittu, Luca Sarais, Antonio Mulas, Adriana Vilia, Gianfranco Marzeddu, Giuseppino Pira, Pino A. Ruiu, Edoardo Scali, Giovanni Piras, Francesca Meloni, Marco Serra, Margherita Addis, Marco Caredda, Stefania Fanni, Vittorio Alessandro Marrone, Matteo Garbelotto, Bruno Scanu, Franco Pampiro

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Douglas J. Martin, Bernard Romey, Alice A. Shelly, Kevin Andras

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Rodrigo Costa Pinto, Eric Bastos Gorgens, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Marielos Peña-Claros, Gustavo Schwartz, Edson Vidal

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Clara A. Pinto, Filipe Costa-e-Silva, Alexandra C. Correia, José Graça, Olfa Zarrouk, Teresa S. David, José C. Rodrigues, João S. Pereira, Maria Manuela Chaves, Carla Pinheiro

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Kizashi Koga, Chihiro Kayo, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Ryo Kohsaka

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): N. Pordel, J. Hosseinzadeh, M. Heydari, R. Omidipour

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Bin Xiao, Yan Zhang, Ronja Wenglein, Rafael Achury, Peter Annighöfer, Jing-Zhong Lu, Stefan Scheu

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Chengke Han, Aziz Ullah, Yanzhuo Liu, Haolin Wei, Nadir Erbilgin

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Shirui Xu, Yaru Lv, Xirong Gu, Sijia Wen, Yangxiao Deng, Dongmei Chen, Xiaoyu Zhou

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Zhaogang Liu, Yirui Xin, Ming Zhao, Hongxiang Zhang, Miao Dou, Weikang Zhang

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Magdalene N. Ngeve, Ludwig Triest

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Rachel Pearcey, Pierce McNie, Shawn J. Leroux

Publication date: 1 February 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 601Author(s): Janie Lavoie, Yves Bergeron, Maxence Martin, Miguel Montoro Girona

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Jingyu Dai, Michael G. Ryan, Qiuyan Yu, Guangdao Bao, Lara Prihodko, Niall P. Hanan

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Elias B. Gaffney, Mike R. Saunders

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Elena Muñoz-Cerro, Andrés R. Armijos-Montaño, Daphne López-Marcos, Carolina Martínez-Ruiz, Juan García-Duro

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Laura Ostrowsky, Lucy Rea, Mariana Hernández-Leal, Rebekah Mohn, Mira Garner, Lindsey Worcester, Cathleen Lapadat, Josh Clevenger, Zachary Myers, Katherine P. Sanmartin, Andrew Hipp, Heather R. McCarthy, Jeannine Cavender-Bares

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Katherine P. Terlizzi, Calvin B. Heslop, Benton N. Taylor, William S.F. Schuster, Matthew I. Palmer

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Zeyuan Li, Wenjing Fang, Qiong Cai, Suhui Ma, Zujun Zhao, Qin Li, Shengping Ming, Hans De Boeck, Xiaoli Cheng, Zhiming Zhang

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): R.J. Mitchell, S.D. Albon, P.E. Bellamy, C. Cameron, L. Cocks, C.J. Ellis, N.G. Hodgetts, C. Johnstone, C. Nichols, J.A. Stockan, A.F.S. Taylor

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Atiehsadat Mousavisangdehi, Jan Tumajer, Kambiz Pourtahmasi, Marcin Koprowski, Reza Oladi

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Corey A. Palmer, Audrey Barker Plotkin, Ashley D. Keiser

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Adrian Orihuela-Torres, Boris A. Tinoco, Esther Sebastián-González, Andrea Jara-Guerrero, Carlos Iván Espinosa

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Jianbo Fang, Zhiming Guo, Xiaoge Han, Xingyu Wang, Xueyan Zhang, Yongfeng Dang, Xiangping Tan, Weijun Shen, Josep Peñuelas

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): B. Dvořáková, J. Hradecký, M. Bledý, J. Holuša

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Theresa Klein-Raufhake, Ute Hamer, Jens Jakob Schaper, Michael Meyer, Michael Elmer, Max Fornfeist, Britta Linnemann, Katharina Rentemeister, Lea Santora, Jens Wöllecke, Norbert Hölzel

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Xiaoxue Dong, Yue Cui, Jiaqi Zhou, Xuan Li, G. Geoff Wang, Ning Chen, Changming Zhao

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Nuria J. Elvira, Francisco Lloret, Josep M. Serra-Díaz, María Teresa Sánchez Mejía, Gerard Codina Martínez, Enric Batllori

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Flavio Taccaliti, Alessandro Vitali, Raffaella Marzano, Matteo Garbarino, Carlo Urbinati, Emanuele Lingua

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Katrin Pietig, Martyna Kotowska, Heinz Coners, Roger Mundry, Christoph Leuschner

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Aleksandr Karpov, Nana Pirtskhalava-Karpova, Vivek Vikram Singh, Aleksei Trubin, Nataliya Korolyova, Roman Modlinger, Rastislav Jakuš

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Anna-Lena Hendel, Selina Ganz, Matthias Dohrmann, Katarzyna Zielewska-Büttner, Philipp Eisnecker, Joy Coppes, Petra Adler, Veronika Braunisch

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Juhan Park, Go Eun Park, Jung-Hwa Chun

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Alexander H. Krichels, Chloe L. Reid, Basubi B. Zhilik, Jacob Kemner, Robert A. York, Sydney I. Glassman, Peter M. Homyak

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Maya Disraëli Ratsimandresiarivo, Annie DesRochers, Jérôme Laganière, Vincent Poirier, Xavier Cavard

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Lars Sprengel, Christian Ammer, Tobias Heinelt, Daniel Alexander Meyer, Jakob Schrewe, Martin Ehbrecht

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Chang Feng, Chi Zhang, Guangna Zhang, Bo Liu, Yuan Gao, Xinli Wang, Zhongqiang Shi, Quanyan Zhang, Junxia He, Yun Wang

Publication date: 15 January 2026Source: Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 600Author(s): Shangsi Li, Yaqi Zhou, Haifei Yao, Shaohui Fan, Luhai Zhang, Junchao Wang

Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industryCountries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading…

An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved trails and put up surveillance cameras in a region with a long tradition of allowing public access on private land.

While a fall application of mulch can be beneficial to plants, we have seen a growing trend of piling mulch much deeper than necessary.

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.

Stand.earth says in a report that wood pellets from three Drax mills in Northern B.C. are being made from some of the province’s oldest forests.

“Canada’s forests can teach us so much,” says Jess Kaknevicius, Forests Canada’s chief executive officer. “Walking through a forest is a masterclass in biodiversity, sustainability, resilience and the …

“Canada’s forests can teach us so much,” says Jess Kaknevicius, Forests Canada’s chief executive officer. “Walking through a forest is a masterclass in biodiversity, sustainability, resilience and the …

The deadly decline of Britain’s native oak trees may be driven by an unexpected accomplice: their own smell.

Rows of tightly packed olive trees stretch across California’s Central Valley. These super-high-density orchards, where trees are planted close together for faster, mechanized harvesting, can grow strong with less fertilizer than expected, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.

Sonia Falconieri fears the fight against the climate crisis is losing ground in among businesses. Plus letters from Pat Ready and Pete LavenderAndré Corrêa do Lago, the president of the Cop30 climate conference, is right to suggest that enthusiasm for combating climate change is draining away in richer countries (Report, 10 November). And it’s not just governments. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s latest report on corporate governance and sustainability suggests that the issue is losing ground in boardrooms.We are not going to achieve the transition to a sustainable future quickly enough when only 8% of global patents are green. Innovation in climate and environmental technologies, which must be the foundation of a credible transition, is simply not happening quickly enough. Without stronger incentives for green research and development, and sharing the fruits of that work, the current trajectory risks locking firms into incremental rather than transformative change. Continue reading…

Carbon offsets are a way for companies or countries that pollute the air to “cancel out” some of their carbon emissions by funding projects that protect forests, plant trees, or provide clean energy—sometimes on the other side of the world. Polluting companies in the US, Europe, Asia or elsewhere can buy one carbon credit from a green project anywhere in exchange for emitting one metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO₂).

Maintaining forests is the result of genuine effort, investment, and protection capacity,” says Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, CMCC researcher and an expert in COP negotiations on land use and Article 6 of …

Climate change is extending the growing season in European forests, but this effect will not be sufficient to offset the negative impacts of increasing drought stress. An international research team led by Jan Tumajer from the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, analyzed more than 2,000 tree-ring width chronologies across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe to come to this conclusion.

Organization: Calgary Climate Hub, Alberta Ecotrust Websites: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/forests_for_calgary; https://albertaecotrust.com/projects/miyawaki-forest …

Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL and Eawag research institutes published in the Journal of Animal Ecology shows that more bats hunt in beaver territories than outside of them.

Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has combined deep botanical knowledge with powerful genomic technology to decode and mine the DNA of non-flowering seed plants and uncover genes that evolved to help plants build seeds.

Oswestry Town Council is giving 600 trees to residents to plant in their gardens, as part of a campaign to tackle climate change. The council said it had provided 17,000 trees to households, community …

The Forestry Department says Hurricane Melissa caused damage to 51% of Jamaica’s forest, but is optimistic that some will reco …

The area known as the Santana Group in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil has long been an important fossil site, contributing significantly to knowledge of the Cretaceous period. In particular, it has yielded many specimens of pterosaurs. And now, a study, published in Scientific Reports, adds yet another valuable piece to the paleontological puzzle with the discovery of a new filter-feeding species of pterosaur.

Phytoncides are produced by both deciduous trees (such as maples and oaks), and coniferous trees (such as spruces, pines and firs). Garlic and onion are other plants that also produce phytoncides. The …

Christmas trees constructed from lobster traps, fishing buoys, and even wooden trawl tubs, are increasingly becoming traditions in coastal communities along the southwestern shores of Nova Scotia.

ISA offers a variety of educational materials and products to help arborists improve their arboricultural knowledge and experience. Every month, we will feature a product or group of products. In …

Every mind-bending molecule in nature has an evolutionary origin; a defense against being eaten, a lure for pollinators, or perhaps a happy biochemical accident. Though they seem extraordinary, life has evolved psychedelic molecules that alter consciousness across almost every ecosystem.

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests.

Jonathan Watts sets off on a three-day boat trip down the Amazon – with indigenous leaders, scientists, artists and more – to report on Cop30, the climate summit taking place this year in BrazilThis week, delegations from countries from all over the world are flying into Belem, Brazil, to attend Cop30, the world’s biggest climate summit.The Guardian’s global environment reporter Jonathan Watts, however, had a different idea – to take the slow road. Or, in fact, the slow boat – a three-day journey up the Amazon, across hundreds of kilometres, to arrive in Belem just in time. Continue reading…

Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sitesDrax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims, forestry experts say.A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer. Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood. Continue reading…

Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissionsHow could the Tropical Forest Forever Facility tackle deforestation?Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has welcomed world leaders to Belém for the first climate summit in the Amazon, where conservationists hope he can be a champion for the rainforest and its people.But with a divided administration, a hostile Congress and 20th-century developmentalist instincts, this global figurehead of the centre left has a balancing act to perform in advocating protection of nature and a reduction of emissions. Continue reading…

A bold new plan to protect tropical forests, which aims to raise $125 billion US and directly pay developing countries to halt deforestation, is taking shape at the COP30 UN climate conference in …

Sprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expertThe restaurant chain Toby Carvery is being urged to pay for life support for an ancient oak tree that its owner had chainsawed last spring to widespread public dismay.Experts say the trunk of the 500-year-old tree, on the edge of a Toby Carvery car park in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, has shown signs of regrowth, despite its branches being sawn off by the restaurant’s contractors in April. Continue reading…

It may be a midlife crisis, says the man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in a 100-year project in SomersetLuke Jerram, whose art installations have travelled the world, is philosophical about his latest project bearing fruit beyond his time on Earth.Known for his Play Me I’m Yours street pianos project and his Museum of the Moon artwork – a seven-metre diameter sculpture of the moon featuring detailed Nasa imagery of the lunar surface – Jerram is now working on Echo Wood, a living, breathing installation made of native British trees. Continue reading…

Like most of us in the tree care industry – and all industries, I would imagine – we are constantly trying to overcome obstacles in business, be they equipment, staff, cash flow, backlogs and the list goes on. Now that I no longer need to address those day-to-day obstacles, I can turn to looking at […] The post State Licensing for Tree Care Companies: Pros and Cons appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this countyNo other hedgerow plant discards its green anonymity with the same psychedelic fervour as the spindle (Euonymus europaeus). Its incandescent foliage looks surreal, like an autumn photograph intensified to maximum colour saturation. Even after the crimson leaves have fallen, cerise fruits bauble the branches, opening their sleepy lids to reveal four glistening orange orbs – the seed-containing arils – peeping out of the fruit capsule.Spindle’s wayside brilliance must have caught the eye of William Turner as he travelled between London and Cambridge in the 16th century. The father of British botany recorded this deciduous shrub growing in the hedges between Ware and Barkway in his 1548 seminal book on British flora: The Names of Herbes. His was the first record of a wild plant in Hertfordshire and the earliest known reference to spindle anywhere in Britain. Continue reading…

Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon?In the final episode of this three-part series from June 2025, Jon encounters a radical new view of the Amazon’s history being uncovered by archaeologists. Far from an uninhabited wilderness, the rainforest has been shaped by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Jon finds out how their expert knowledge could be harnessed to secure the Amazon’s future Continue reading…

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it’s a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.

Anthracnose is considered one of the most significant diseases affecting olive trees. Popularly known as “soapy olive” due to the appearance of fruit affected by it, this disease, caused by various fungal species of the genus Colletotrichum, significantly reduces yields and undermines oil quality, particularly during epidemic years.

Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservationAs a battle-scarred veteran of the war against nature, Garo Batmanian has spent 45 years trying to defend the Amazon rainforest. For most of that time, the resistance he leads has been outfunded and outgunned by those who profit from destruction. The most Batmanian felt he could achieve was to slow the advance of the chainsaws and tractors.But the director-general of Brazil’s forest service feels there could be a chance at the Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, next week, not just of an even fight, but perhaps a victory. There is one condition: world governments must rally behind an initiative being launched by the host nation – the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). Continue reading…

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark futureSolomon Morris Makau checks the fallen tree for snakes before he wraps a tape measure around the trunk. The early morning sun is overwhelming in the dryland forests of the Kasigau corridor, which separates the east and west Tsavo national parks in southern Kenya. Two guards keep watch for elephants and lions. There is little sign of green among the sprawling acacias, which stand silently in their punishing wait for the end of the dry season. Despite the threat from puff adders, Makau and his team have a job to do: measure the trees and shrubs in this 50 sq metre area to calculate their growth and change in carbon stock.“This one is lying dead,” says Makau, of one of the trees pushed over by elephants – but tens of thousands around it are still alive, stretching out in the distance as far as the eye can see.Solomon Morris Makau, right, leads a team of environmental technicians in gathering bio data from natural vegetation Continue reading…

Cwmtydu, Ceredigion: The tree has been laid low by dieback, but the treasures nearby bring to mind miniature brains, the smell of leather and bread-and-butter puddingAs I reach the top of the cliff, a lone raven soughs south on an errand, flying at head height. In the bronze and iron ages, headlands like Castell Bach and Ynys Lochtyn in Ceredigion were used as summer camps for festivals and coastal foraging. This holiday season is drawing to a close as I scramble off the Wales Coast Path on to Banc Pen y Parc to visit a favourite tree.Even though it should be wizened by the prevailing westerlies and dieback – which is rampant in this valley – this huge ash hasn’t lost its ambition. I pace out its dimensions: 18 yards (16 metres) for the trunk, 23 yards for the crown. Its lichened trunk grows horizontally, leaning on its elbow, so I can perch in branches that should be inaccessible. It kicks in the wind like a boat in water, while goldcrests fuss in the gorse. Continue reading…

Jon Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor, goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon?In episode two of this miniseries from June 2025, Jon meets the people trying to make sure the rainforest is worth more standing than cut down – from a government minister attempting to establish Brazil’s ‘bioeconomy’ to a startup founder creating superfood supplements and a scientist organising night-time tours hunting for bioluminescent fungi. Jon explores new ways of finding value in the forest and asks whether they will be enough to secure its survival Continue reading…

El instrumento, de varios miles de millones de dólares, buscaría compensar a los países por mantener sus bosques en pie, con la esperanza de triunfar donde otros intentos de conservación fracasaron.

Elevated carbon dioxide levels generated as a result of climate change could significantly increase the temperatures found within the canopies of the world’s woodlands and forests, new research has suggested.

PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fundUK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forestsThe UK will lead on tackling the climate crisis, the prime minister vowed on Wednesday, despite critics calling for a slowdown, because shifting to a low-carbon economy will cut bills, boost economic growth and bring national renewal.But his words risked being overshadowed by a bitter row over funding for tropical forest preservation at the UN Cop30 climate conference. Continue reading…

The United Nations warned Wednesday that climate change poses a threat to the world’s northern forests, saying it was putting the planet’s most powerful natural defense at serious risk.

Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit.Keir Starmer flew to Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, on Wednesday to join the summit of world leaders hosted by Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva. Continue reading…

Thinning, the practice of removing some trees to promote the growth of others, is a common forestry management technique, but its effects on forest carbon dynamics vary greatly depending on the forest type.

When COVID-19 arrived, researchers tried to build evolutionary family trees—known as phylogenetic trees—of the virus. These help scientists understand when new virus strains appear and how they are linked to each other. But with millions of genomes to analyze, checking how reliable those trees were proved impossible.

Genomes are key to unlocking life’s evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the order in which species diverge. However, even state-of-the-art methods struggle to accurately map evolutionary events from hundreds of millions of years ago.

The entire state of Utah remains under some level of drought designation—part of a decades-long megadrought affecting the Western United States. Hotter, drier weather along with decades of fuel buildup from fire suppression have led to more megafires.

Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, have been a hot topic of conversation among researchers, producers, government agencies, and the general public for decades.

The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled.

A satellite imagery analysis shows that the 2021 “heat dome” scorched almost 5% of the forested area in western Oregon and western Washington, turning foliage in canopies from a healthy green to red or orange, sometimes within a matter of hours.

When I first picked up the Courant Koala saddle, I was struck by its lightweight design and simple, sturdy construction. It’s easy to adjust and has a clean, streamlined feel – perfect for someone who doesn’t want to fuss with a bunch of straps and hardware. Courant Koala Saddle The Koala might work […] The post Courant Koala Saddle a Lightweight Option for Climbers appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon?In episode one of this miniseries from June 2025, Jon explores what’s at stake if we fail to act in time. He hears about the crucial role of the rainforest for South America and the global climate, and asks how cattle ranching came to dominate and destroy huge swathes of the rainforest – pushing it to a dangerous tipping point today Continue reading…

Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside natureA new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest.After facing anger from nature groups over the deregulation in the upcoming planning bill, ministers are trying to demonstrate that mass housebuilding can be delivered in conjunction with new nature. The government has promised to plant millions of trees to boost England’s nature. Continue reading…

SavATree, an accredited, 39-year TCIA member company based in Bedford Hills, New York, in October appointed Ryan Berk chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Berk will also join the company’s Board of Directors. Berk brings more than two decades of leadership experience in private equity-backed, multi-unit consumer service businesses across the health, wellness, fitness and […] The post SavATree Appoints Ryan Berk as Chief Executive Officer appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish pollinators and other wildlife, with nectar, pollen, seeds and fruit. But have you given much thought to those animals’ habitat?

Tom Langan’s worn just about every kind of helmet that’s been near a chipper. A couple of Kasks, a few other brands, even some older lids that rattled around in the back of the truck. So when he unboxes the new Kask (trademarked KASK) Superplasma HD, he knows right away where it lands in the […] The post Kask Superplasma HD Is Super Light and Built for Real Work appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

Despite years of fighting by local governments to force legislative changes, the priority for the province’s Forests ministry is protecting jobs in the sector, which has been impacted by the trade war …

There is a conceptual thread connecting Australia and Arizona—the places about which University of Kansas researcher Melinda Adams wrote in two recent scholarly journal articles—and the work she’s been doing with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska based in White Cloud, Kan., to reintroduce a beneficial “fire regime” to their lands.

Milwaukee Tool, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is voluntarily recalling a subset of M18 FUEL 12-inch and 14-inch Top Handle Chainsaws (category number 2826-20) due to a potential chain-brake issue.   On some saws (units with the fourth character of the serial number “A”), the chain brake may not prevent […] The post Recall & Safety Notice: M18 FUEL Top Handle Chainsaw appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

Roger Mellick passed away peacefully June 15, 2025, in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Mellick led Doggett Corporation, a 32-year TCIA corporate member company based in Lebanon, New Jersey, from the early 1980s to 2020. Along with Albie Doggett they developed, blended and marketed a unique line of slow-release fertilizers for the tree care industry and beyond. […] The post Roger D. Mellick appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

Jamie Humphreys Goddard, 54, of Westbrook, Maine, passed away peacefully on September 30, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, adventure and a deep connection to the sea.   Jamie Goddard, shown here, says he’s been on some pretty cool climbs, like climbing a redwood tree and scaling some of the tallest trees in […] The post Jamie H. Goddard Left a Mark on the Ropes and Tree Care Industries appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

The November 2025 Issue of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry is now online!  In this issue:  Bioactive Compounds and Initial Growth Parameters of Jacaranda mimosifolia Under Shading …

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that block infection. Understanding this mechanism could lead to breakthroughs in antivirals, antibiotic alternatives, and industrial microbiology.

The program launched in 2021 is being dropped as part of a spending review to find billions of dollars worth of savings …

The Liberal government is dropping its goal to plant two billion trees by 2031 as part of Tuesday’s budget, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Tuesday’s federal budget will identify tens of billions in targeted savings, including scrapping a program to plant two billion trees by 2031, according to a senior government official.

El país ha adquirido fama de caro en los últimos años, pero te compartimos algunos consejos para ahorrar dinero con destinos alternativos, viajes fuera de temporada y transporte terrestre.

The tree-shaped badge on your next desk might certify the gold standard of forestry – or very little. Here’s how to tellSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsDurable, renewable and biodegradable, wood is an ideal material for everything from furniture to cutting boards. And as we grapple with the aftermath of synthetic materials, such as forever chemicals and microplastics, the humble material growing in our literal backyards is suddenly looking pretty appealing again. But how do you know it wasn’t clearcut from a rainforest?Figuring out logging practices, deforestation policies, impact on wildlife, pesticide use, and impact on indigenous communities “can be really challenging”, said Linda Walker, the director of corporate engagement for forests at the World Wildlife Fund, who has worked on sustainability issues in woodlands around the world. “You as an individual consumer can’t figure all that stuff out if you’re walking down the grocery store or retail store aisle,” Walker added. Continue reading…

Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts sayA golden mushroom that grows in clusters and can attack and kill trees has increased by 200% in the UK in a year because of the hot summer and damp autumn.Recorded sightings of honey fungus are up by almost 200% compared with the same period last year, according to iNaturalist. Continue reading…

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After 22 years with Tree Care Industry Magazine, six as managing editor and the last 16 as editor, I am retiring at the end of this year. If all goes according to plan, the December magazine will be my 264th and last issue. DON STARUK Don’t fret – the magazine will be left […] The post Initializing My Exit Strategy appeared first on Tree Care Industry Magazine.

The threatened Jillaga Ash (Eucalyptus stenostoma) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South WalesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo horticulturalists have undertaken a daring abseiling mission to rescue gumnuts from an endangered tree on a 300m cliff face.Stan Wawrzyczek, a threatened flora ecologist at the Threatened Species Conservancy, spotted an endangered tree, Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jillaga Ash), 90m down the cliff in Wadbilliga national park in southern New South Wales. Continue reading…

Voters will have a chance to weigh in on ballot questions concerning the housing crisis and when local elections should be held.

A practical, evidence-based checklist developed by scientists at the University of Surrey is helping everyone from keen gardeners to local councils plan their next greening project with confidence.

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From California to the Mediterranean, abandoned groves are being restored to life in order to save shrinking towns and prevent environmental damage.

After a wildfire last year, the park is regreening. This fall has been dry, though not as dry as last year when the blaze hit the Ravine.

The country with the world’s largest remaining mangrove forests is positioning itself to lead the global blue carbon trading.

Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major carbon sinks that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including timber and non-timber forest products, recreation, and climate regulation.

How dupe destinations, off-season timing and ground travel save money in the popular and increasingly expensive Central American country.

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 reveals how rising temperatures could trigger a cascade of system collapses, from the Amazon rainforest turning to savanna to the potential shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation.

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and Upper Paleolithic time periods. This time marks the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals and the transition to a Homo-sapien-dominated world. The archaeological site of Starosele on the Crimean Peninsula has been studied and identified as a likely site of Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal activity, although DNA evidence was lacking due to poor preservation and rarity of hominin bones.

Scientists and divers are slowly reviving the underwater forests along California’s northern coast by planting kelp seedlings and smashing the sea urchins before they gobble it up.

About 85% of elementary schools studied in California experienced some loss of trees between 2018 and 2022, according to a paper from the University of California, Davis, published this month in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting a decline, researchers found that freshening surface waters are currently keeping deep CO2 trapped below. This stratification effect may be only temporary, as intensifying winds bring deep, carbon-rich water closer to the surface. If mixing increases, the Southern Ocean could begin releasing more CO2 than it absorbs.

She’s been planting greenery in the city for 30 years through her charity — and still loves celebrating spooky season.

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Los alcorques —esas pequeñas parcelas de tierra que adoran los perros— se han convertido en inesperados lienzos para algunas de las obras de arte callejero más creativas (y cómicas) de la ciudad.