#treesandforests — Public Fediverse posts
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Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the winners, runners-up and highly commended photos from the Mangrove photography awards, run by the Mangrove Action Project, which received 5,258 entries from 87 countries. In its 12th year, the awards continue to offer a window into landscapes viewers may otherwise never encounter
#Environment #Treesandforests #Photography #Artanddesign #Wetlands #Marinelife #Coastlines #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Culture #TheGuardian #
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Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/24/mangrove-photography-awards-2026-in-pictures #Environment #TreesAndForests #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Wetlands #MarineLife #Coastlines #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Culture
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Country diary: A fragrant walk among the sweet stranglehold of honeysuckle | Phil Gates
By Phil GatesDeerness Valley, County Durham: For all its beauty, there is something sinister about honeysuckle, a vegetable boa constrictor lurking in the flora
#Wildflowers #Plants #Environment #Treesandforests #Ruralaffairs #UKnews #Summer #TheGuardian #PhilGates
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
By Mark HillsdonIn 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
#Environment #Deforestation #Loggingandlandclearing #Guatemala #Treesandforests #Americas #Conservation #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MarkHillsdon
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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 correspondentDecline 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
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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
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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
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A rhyme to recall rising temperatures | Brief letters
By Guardian StaffThe 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
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Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England
By Sandra LavilleAnalysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer trees
#Schools #Privateschools #Treesandforests #Extremeweather #Extremeheat #England #Education #Environment #UKnews #Airpollution #Summer #Primaryschools #Secondaryschools #TheGuardian #SandraLaville
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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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
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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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/amazon-of-america-vitoria-regia-film-brazil-rainforest #Brazil #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousPeoples #JairBolsonaro #Americas #WorldNews #ShortFilms #Film #Culture #Environment #TreesAndForests #Deforestation #Conservation
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‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/amazon-of-america-vitoria-regia-film-brazil-rainforest #Brazil #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousPeoples #JairBolsonaro #Americas #WorldNews #ShortFilms #Film #Culture #Environment #TreesAndForests #Deforestation #Conservation
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‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/first-footage-endangered-sumatran-orangutan-using-canopy-bridge-cross-road-hope-species-aoe #EndangeredSpecies #Indonesia #Wildlife #Conservation #WorldNews #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #EndangeredHabitats #Mammals #Primatology #Science #TreesAndForests
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‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/first-footage-endangered-sumatran-orangutan-using-canopy-bridge-cross-road-hope-species-aoe #EndangeredSpecies #Indonesia #Wildlife #Conservation #WorldNews #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #EndangeredHabitats #Mammals #Primatology #Science #TreesAndForests
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The Guardian view on Japan’s cherry blossom: when spring slips out of time | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/19/the-guardian-view-on-japans-cherry-blossom-when-spring-slips-out-of-time #ClimateCrisis #Japan #Environment #Plants #TreesAndForests #WorldNews
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The Guardian view on Japan’s cherry blossom: when spring slips out of time | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/19/the-guardian-view-on-japans-cherry-blossom-when-spring-slips-out-of-time #ClimateCrisis #Japan #Environment #Plants #TreesAndForests #WorldNews
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A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/a-prickle-of-hedgehogs-and-an-armada-of-newts-wildlife-settles-in-at-londons-new-queen-elizabeth-garden #Biodiversity #London #Environment #UkNews #Conservation #QueenElizabethIi #Wildlife #EndangeredHabitats #England #Animals #Insects #Butterflies #TreesAndForests #Gardens #ClimateCrisis
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A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/a-prickle-of-hedgehogs-and-an-armada-of-newts-wildlife-settles-in-at-londons-new-queen-elizabeth-garden #Biodiversity #London #Environment #UkNews #Conservation #QueenElizabethIi #Wildlife #EndangeredHabitats #England #Animals #Insects #Butterflies #TreesAndForests #Gardens #ClimateCrisis
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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/16/drax-renewable-energy-subsidies-wood-pellets #EnergyIndustry #Business #Drax #BiomassAndBioenergy #Energy #NorthYorkshire #Environment #RenewableEnergy #TreesAndForests #UkNews
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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/16/drax-renewable-energy-subsidies-wood-pellets #EnergyIndustry #Business #Drax #BiomassAndBioenergy #Energy #NorthYorkshire #Environment #RenewableEnergy #TreesAndForests #UkNews
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After 1,200 years, cherry blossom record to live on despite Japanese scientist’s death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/cherry-blossom-1200-years-japan-climate-scientist-yasuyuki-aono #Japan #TreesAndForests #ClimateScience #Environment #Plants #ClimateCrisis #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
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After 1,200 years, cherry blossom record to live on despite Japanese scientist’s death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/cherry-blossom-1200-years-japan-climate-scientist-yasuyuki-aono #Japan #TreesAndForests #ClimateScience #Environment #Plants #ClimateCrisis #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
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Contractor that cut back ancient oak in London park identified https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/contractor-ancient-oak-whitewebbs-park-london-identified #London #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #HospitalityIndustry #TottenhamHotspur
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Contractor that cut back ancient oak in London park identified https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/contractor-ancient-oak-whitewebbs-park-london-identified #London #TreesAndForests #UkNews #Environment #HospitalityIndustry #TottenhamHotspur
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The Guardian | Experience: I climbed the tallest tropical tree in the world by Jamiluddin Jami
It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpions
I was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the industry. In the early 90s, a lot of the forest here started being cleared for commercial use. At the time, I just thought that was the way things were.
That changed when I began working in conservation as a teenager at the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership in the nearby Danum Valley. My job was to plant seedlings in places where the forest had been cut down. I began to learn about the importance of keeping the forest safe.
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#environment #treesandforests #malaysian #borneo #conservation
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The Guardian | Experience: I climbed the tallest tropical tree in the world by Jamiluddin Jami
It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpions
I was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the industry. In the early 90s, a lot of the forest here started being cleared for commercial use. At the time, I just thought that was the way things were.
That changed when I began working in conservation as a teenager at the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership in the nearby Danum Valley. My job was to plant seedlings in places where the forest had been cut down. I began to learn about the importance of keeping the forest safe.
Continue reading...
#environment #treesandforests #malaysian #borneo #conservation
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Festivalgoers’ urine to fertilise trees in Brecon Beacons restoration scheme https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/feativalgoers-urine-to-fertilise-trees-in-brecon-beacons-restoration-scheme #NationalParks #TreesAndForests #GreenEconomy #Festivals #UkNews #Recycling #Environment #EthicalAndGreenLiving #Wales
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Festivalgoers’ urine to fertilise trees in Brecon Beacons restoration scheme https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/feativalgoers-urine-to-fertilise-trees-in-brecon-beacons-restoration-scheme #NationalParks #TreesAndForests #GreenEconomy #Festivals #UkNews #Recycling #Environment #EthicalAndGreenLiving #Wales
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England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/england-land-use-framework-nature-renewables-environmental-targets #Conservation #Farming #PlanningPolicy #RenewableEnergy #TreesAndForests #Environment #UkNews #Politics #Housing #Energy #England #SolarPower #WindPower #LocalGovernment