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Discover the latest stories from our partners and the impact your generous donation is making for people and planet. And read our views on the issues facing our environment and the communities we work with.
Wild about life! Celebrating World Wildlife Day
Discover the importance of trees and forests in protecting wildlife on World Wildlife Day. Discover how we’re engaging future decision makers & leaders by inspiring a love for forests in young people through initiatives like My 20 Trees and Me and Fruit-full Communities.
Sustainable community agroforestry in Kakamega
We are delighted to announce the start of a new project with the Community Empowerment Initiative Network (CEIN).
68,500 trees planted in first season of ITF’s 20 Million Trees campaign
ITF's 20 Million Trees Campaign has completed its first season of planting, with 68,500 seedlings added to deforested land and farms around Embu County, Kenya. The campaign aims to plant 20 million trees by 2024 across Kenya's five Water Tower forests.
Building community resilience through mangrove restoration in Zanzibar
We are excited to announce that we have secured funding for a new project in Zanzibar! Aiming to increase the capacity of local communities in participatory forest management, the project will work on 10 villages around Unguja.
Three new partners selected for the Sustainable Community Forestry Programme
Following a record number of applications, we are pleased to announce the successful organisations who will receive funding from our Sustainable Community Forestry programme.
The Food Forest Update, Cameroon
The Dom Community Food Forest project is part of the long-term collaboration between Community Assistance in Development (COMAID) and ITF, which started back in 2015.
TREES Journal Reaches the Ripe Age of 80
Autumn 2016 marks the 80th birthday of Trees, the journal of International Tree Foundation, known as The Men of the Trees in the past. This makes Trees one of the oldest environmental publications still going strong today. In fact we have just published the 73rd Volume of the journal.
The Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative Wins Whitley Fund for Nature Award
Co-founder and CEO, Makala Jasper, was singled out from more than 130 other applicants to receive an international conservation award from the Whitley Fund for Nature.
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