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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
By Mark Hillsdon

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend on it

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/guatemala-small-communities-restorative-forestation-aoe

#Environment #Deforestation #Loggingandlandclearing #Guatemala #Treesandforests #Americas #Conservation #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MarkHillsdon

Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
By Mark Hillsdon

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend on it

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/guatemala-small-communities-restorative-forestation-aoe

#Environment #Deforestation #Loggingandlandclearing #Guatemala #Treesandforests #Americas #Conservation #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MarkHillsdon

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss
By Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report

#NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianews #Treesandforests #Loggingandlandclearing #TheGuardian #LisaCoxEnvironment #climatecorrespondent

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss
By Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent

Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report

#NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalespolitics #Australianews #Treesandforests #Loggingandlandclearing #TheGuardian #LisaCoxEnvironment #climatecorrespondent

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing

NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report #NewSouthWales #Environment #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #LoggingAndLandclearing

A rhyme to recall rising temperatures | Brief letters
By Guardian Staff

The new normal | Cool school | Italian idiom | Word Wheel | Covid failings

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/19/a-rhyme-to-recall-rising-temperatures

#Climatecrisis #Languages #Extremeweather #Schools #Treesandforests #Environment #Covidinquiry #Education #Privateschools #Language #CrystalPalace #Midwifery #Coronavirus #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

A rhyme to recall rising temperatures | Brief letters
By Guardian Staff

The new normal | Cool school | Italian idiom | Word Wheel | Covid failings

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/19/a-rhyme-to-recall-rising-temperatures

#Climatecrisis #Languages #Extremeweather #Schools #Treesandforests #Environment #Covidinquiry #Education #Privateschools #Language #CrystalPalace #Midwifery #Coronavirus #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England
By Sandra Laville

Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer trees

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/16/private-schools-more-tree-shade-state-schools-england

#Schools #Privateschools #Treesandforests #Extremeweather #Extremeheat #England #Education #Environment #UKnews #Airpollution #Summer #Primaryschools #Secondaryschools #TheGuardian #SandraLaville

Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/16/private-schools-more-tree-shade-state-schools-england #Schools #PrivateSchools #TreesAndForests #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeHeat #England #Education #Environment #UkNews #AirPollution #Summer #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/16/private-schools-more-tree-shade-state-schools-england #Schools #PrivateSchools #TreesAndForests #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeHeat #England #Education #Environment #UkNews #AirPollution #Summer #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/11/rats-famine-bamboo-mizoram-india-aoe #TreesAndForests #Famine #FoodSecurity #Insects #India #Mammals #Environment #SouthAndCentralAsia #Farming #Wildlife #Animals

A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/11/rats-famine-bamboo-mizoram-india-aoe #TreesAndForests #Famine #FoodSecurity #Insects #India #Mammals #Environment #SouthAndCentralAsia #Farming #Wildlife #Animals

A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/11/rats-famine-bamboo-mizoram-india-aoe #TreesAndForests #Famine #FoodSecurity #Insects #India #Mammals #Environment #SouthAndCentralAsia #Farming #Wildlife #Animals

Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/03/brazil-ruined-utopias-afterlife-amazon-forgotten-company-towns #AmazonRainforest #Americas #TreesAndForests #Brazil #Deforestation #GlobalDevelopment #Pollution #Environment #WorldNews #Ford

Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/03/brazil-ruined-utopias-afterlife-amazon-forgotten-company-towns #AmazonRainforest #Americas #TreesAndForests #Brazil #Deforestation #GlobalDevelopment #Pollution #Environment #WorldNews #Ford

Ruined utopias: the afterlife of the Amazon’s forgotten company towns – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/03/brazil-ruined-utopias-afterlife-amazon-forgotten-company-towns #AmazonRainforest #Americas #TreesAndForests #Brazil #Deforestation #GlobalDevelopment #Pollution #Environment #WorldNews #Ford

‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/29/growing-the-future-volunteers-help-save-scottish-rainforest-collecting-seeds #TreesAndForests #Scotland #UkNews #EndangeredHabitats #Environment #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies

‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/29/growing-the-future-volunteers-help-save-scottish-rainforest-collecting-seeds #TreesAndForests #Scotland #UkNews #EndangeredHabitats #Environment #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies

‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/24/major-oak-sherwood-forest-readers-remember #TreesAndForests #Nottinghamshire #England #Environment #UkNews

‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/24/major-oak-sherwood-forest-readers-remember #TreesAndForests #Nottinghamshire #England #Environment #UkNews

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/23/taiwan-giant-trees-tested-climate-crisis-threat-heaven-sword-of-the-daan-river-aoe #TreesAndForests #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Taiwan #Conservation #WorldNews

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/23/taiwan-giant-trees-tested-climate-crisis-threat-heaven-sword-of-the-daan-river-aoe #TreesAndForests #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Taiwan #Conservation #WorldNews

‘I’m 90 for goodness sake’: rainforest activist to pedal 104 miles down Thames https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/19/rainforest-activist-pedal-104-miles-thames #TreesAndForests #Environment #Rivers #Activism #Cornwall #UkNews

‘I’m 90 for goodness sake’: rainforest activist to pedal 104 miles down Thames https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/19/rainforest-activist-pedal-104-miles-thames #TreesAndForests #Environment #Rivers #Activism #Cornwall #UkNews

‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies #TreesAndForests #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #England #UkNews #Environment

‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies #TreesAndForests #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #England #UkNews #Environment

Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/13/trees-store-less-carbon-than-thought-study #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ClimateCrisis #TreesAndForests #Science #Environment #UsNews #WorldNews

Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/13/trees-store-less-carbon-than-thought-study #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ClimateCrisis #TreesAndForests #Science #Environment #UsNews #WorldNews

Toby Carvery to pay for orchard planting after causing outrage by felling 500-year-old oak https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/toby-carvery-to-pay-for-orchard-planting-after-causing-outrage-by-felling-500-year-old-oak #TreesAndForests #Environment #London #LocalGovernment #UkNews

Toby Carvery to pay for orchard planting after causing outrage by felling 500-year-old oak https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/10/toby-carvery-to-pay-for-orchard-planting-after-causing-outrage-by-felling-500-year-old-oak #TreesAndForests #Environment #London #LocalGovernment #UkNews

How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/02/kielder-england-largest-forest-commodity-conservation #Northumberland #TreesAndForests #Wildlife #Conservation #ClimateCrisis #Environment #UkNews #England

How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/02/kielder-england-largest-forest-commodity-conservation #Northumberland #TreesAndForests #Wildlife #Conservation #ClimateCrisis #Environment #UkNews #England

Conservationists alarmed by drastic cuts to key UK fund for global nature protection https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/29/cuts-uk-fund-global-nature-protection-alarm-conservationists #Conservation #Wildlife #Environment #Deforestation #EnvironmentPolicy #TreesAndForests #WorldNews #Politics #UkNews

Conservationists alarmed by drastic cuts to key UK fund for global nature protection https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/29/cuts-uk-fund-global-nature-protection-alarm-conservationists #Conservation #Wildlife #Environment #Deforestation #EnvironmentPolicy #TreesAndForests #WorldNews #Politics #UkNews

What is killing Sumatra’s elephants? The battle to save one of our rarest animals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/28/elephants-deaths-spur-move-for-sanctuary-in-indonesia-aoe #Indonesia #Wildlife #WorldNews #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #Animals #AsiaPacific #Conservation #Biodiversity #PalmOil #LoggingAndLandclearing #ConservationAndIndigenousPeople #TreesAndForests #DronesNonmilitary

Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/23/peoples-tree-wins-sycamore-gap-art-vote #ArtAndDesign #Northumberland #TheNationalTrust #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #Art #England #Sculpture #Architecture

Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/23/peoples-tree-wins-sycamore-gap-art-vote #ArtAndDesign #Northumberland #TheNationalTrust #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #Art #England #Sculpture #Architecture

Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/23/peoples-tree-wins-sycamore-gap-art-vote #ArtAndDesign #Northumberland #TheNationalTrust #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #Art #England #Sculpture #Architecture

Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/23/peoples-tree-wins-sycamore-gap-art-vote #ArtAndDesign #Northumberland #TheNationalTrust #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #Art #England #Sculpture #Architecture

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says #Deforestation #AmazonRainforest #Mining #Farming #LoggingAndLandclearing #Environment #Biofuels #Oil #Conservation #TreesAndForests

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says #Deforestation #AmazonRainforest #Mining #Farming #LoggingAndLandclearing #Environment #Biofuels #Oil #Conservation #TreesAndForests

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says #Deforestation #AmazonRainforest #Mining #Farming #LoggingAndLandclearing #Environment #Biofuels #Oil #Conservation #TreesAndForests

Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/brazil-atlantic-forest-deforestation-record #Brazil #Deforestation #TreesAndForests #Conservation #Environment #LuizIncioLulaDaSilva #JairBolsonaro #Americas #WorldNews

Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/brazil-atlantic-forest-deforestation-record #Brazil #Deforestation #TreesAndForests #Conservation #Environment #LuizIncioLulaDaSilva #JairBolsonaro #Americas #WorldNews

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/clacton-on-sea-tree-desert-woodland-trust #AccessToGreenSpace #TreesAndForests #Essex #Health #England #UkNews #Environment #Society

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/clacton-on-sea-tree-desert-woodland-trust #AccessToGreenSpace #TreesAndForests #Essex #Health #England #UkNews #Environment #Society

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/clacton-on-sea-tree-desert-woodland-trust #AccessToGreenSpace #TreesAndForests #Essex #Health #England #UkNews #Environment #Society