With Earth Day just around the corner, there’s no better time to make a positive impact on our planet. Together we can plant trees that enrich our soils and safeguard biodiversity, like in our project in Central Kenya. 🌳🌍

Kenya's precious Baobab trees uprooted and exported for profit, sparking outrage, with many questioning the decision to put profits ahead of people and nature.

In Mbale District, Uganda, we’re supporting rural women to advance gender equity and build resilient futures that are fuelled by healthy and productive landscapes.

James and the team in Africa recently visited our partners in Uganda to see how communities are planting trees that build resilience and transform landscapes for a better future.

Ahead of International Day of Forests, we’re celebrating the people behind forest restoration projects.

Rewilding creates landscapes and ecosystems that are more biodiverse, resilient, and healthy. One of our UK planting projects has helped to do just this.

This International Women's Day we’re celebrating restoration projects that are supporting women to not only contribute to community-driven initiatives but also equally benefit from them.

Against the backdrop of the climate and ecological crises, rural women are reshaping their role in conservation initiatives as they work to restore and protect native forests.

To make the biggest difference for the communities we work with we can’t be complacent about what we do and how we do it. This has always been the case, but it is even more important now in the context of worsening climate change.

Discover how agroforestry is transforming the lives of rural communities affected by climate change in central Kenya.

Community forestry supports people on the front lines of climate and ecological breakdown to transition towards healthy landscapes and resilient livelihoods.

From peatlands and swamps to mangrove forests and salt marshes, wetlands provide important ecosystem services for people and the planet.

We’re supporting rural women in Masaka District, Uganda to become green agents of change.

This week, The Guardian published an article claiming that more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by the world’s biggest provider are worthless.

Community led forestry has the potential to restore the ecological integrity of degraded ecosystems, enhance human wellbeing and improve local livelihoods.

Since 2020, we’ve been planting fruit trees in Western Uganda with our partner, Karambi Group of People with Disabilities through the ‘Karambi Food Forestry Project’.

Since March, we’ve been supporting the local community to source, plant and grow threatened tree species in a bid to restore and protect Dundori Forest, Kenya.

it turns out the older assessments significantly underestimate the carbon stored in taller trees. Put simply, taller older trees tend to be denser and thus store proportionately more carbon than smaller trees – by around 70-80% more.

James looks back on all the achievements of our partners and team and looks ahead to the year to come.

Dehaney James, ITF’s newest team member, shares about a recent tree planting trip to Paris at Ferme de Pontaly.