Greener cities lower rates of premature death, research shows
City dwellers tend to live longer if they are in leafy neighborhoods, according to a study published earlier this week that linked green areas to lower rates of premature death. Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air, and absorbing planet-warming ...
After severe drought, invasive trees around Cape Town to be target of eradication campaign
Big business is backing a South African fund to eradicate invasive trees around Cape Town and yield billions of liters of water as the city emerges from its worst drought in a century, officials said Friday. Alien species, such as eucalyptus, which are largely native ...
World can't afford the price of deforestation
Opportunities to align economic development with the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions are rare. Yet that is what reforestation offers.
Tokyo residents' petition prompts reconsideration of plan to fell trees
Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward will reconsider plans to cut down 37 trees lining a street ahead of the 2020 Olympics, officials said Wednesday, after local residents blasted the plan in a petition. The policy change came after a committee of the Chiyoda Ward Assembly deliberated on ...
Global tree tally at 3 trillion but falling rapidly and humans at root of problem, study finds
Earth is home to just over 3 trillion trees — the redwoods of California, the olive trees of Tunisia, the cherry trees of Japan, the eucalyptus of Australia and so many more — but they are being lost at an alarming rate because of ...
