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ITF to Launch Biggest-Ever Initiative Next Week - 20M Trees for Kenya's Forests
The initiative will target degraded areas in all five of Kenya’s ‘Water Towers’, upland forests which are the source of all Kenya’s rivers and water supplies.
Trees: key to life in the Sahel
Last month ITF Vice Chair Prof Roger Leakey argued that ‘We cannot save Forests without Agroforestry’. The importance and potential of agroforestry were very clear when I recently visited Burkina Faso.
Moringa: the ‘Miracle Tree’
When analysed and broken down, the wealth of natural minerals and compounds contained within the plant read like a catalogue of some of the most important essential nutrients for human health and well-being.
Elm Trees Return to the English Countryside
An ambitious plan to bring back the majestic elm tree to the British countryside is well underway. With hundreds of elm saplings being planted in West Sussex by our partner, Conservation Foundation.
Progress Update from Soil and Oil Project, Ghana
News just in from our partner in Ghana, Sungmaale Integrated Herbalists Association (SIHA), funded through ITF Sustainable Community Forestry grant programme and Worktop Express.
Take a Leaf out of my Book – Growing the Tree Guardians of Tomorrow
Tree Power merges outdoor education and global learning. Whilst introducing kids to world issues such as global warming, the programme gives them the chance to be Tree Explorers, nurturing their appreciation and interest in trees from a young age.
Coppicing in the Cwnbran Uplands
ITF are supporting a project to re-plant an acre of land with 600 new trees to create more diverse woodland with a mixture of hazel, beech and birch which will be coppice managed.
Young Eco Warriors Champion Trees at a Cheshire School
Young eco warriors are championing the cause for trees at Acresfield Community Primary School. ITF are supporting a project to plant 50 indigenous trees to help the school increase its woodland.
Sacred Trees at the Heart of Reforestation
170,000 trees will be planted in projects led by three community youth organisations. In this article we feature the work of the Kangema Youth Group.
Community-led Forest Management
Trees 4 Livelihoods, a 4 year project supported by the Big Lottery Fund, is continuing to make progress in Mali.
Cola and Red Stinkwood on the forest buffer menu
The Dom Community Food Forest project is being implemented in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon.
Planting Elms in Sussex Stronghold
Over the next twelve months 120 English, Field, Wych and Huntingdon elms will be planted in three Sussex villages in the Cuckmere valley.
Fruit Trees and Ogbono Soup
Over the past 12 months, this project, in partnership with Women in Development and Environment (WIDE) has delivered a range of activities with local women and young people in Agwu, Nigeria.
Regreening Sokura: A Lasting Legacy
ITF provided funding for the Regreening Sokura project in Mali for three years from 2010 to 2013. The project was delivered by our partner, Sahel Eco.
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