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THE MEANING OF TREES

WORLD TREE NEWS

Cultural history

Idle No More protesters marching in Victoria, BC, December 21, 2012. © r.a. paterson/Creative Commons License

In November 2012, Canada's First Nations started a new incentive to raise their voices together. A new era of resourceful and peaceful protests has begun.

Guarani child labour on the sugar cane fields. © Survival International

For the indigenous Guarani tribe, land is the origin of all life. But they and their land suffer violent and murderous invasions by the biofuel industry.

Custodian, thoughtful. © The African Biodiversity Network

Traditional custodians of sacred sites met to create a guideline to respect and ensure the future of the children of humans and all species on Earth.

large buttressed tree in primary rainforest in Ecuador. © Dr. Morley Read/shutterstock.com

Worldwide long-term studies show that proportionally, the biggest and oldest trees of the world vanish more rapidly than the younger tree populations.

sacred grove at Heggala Aiyappa, Western Ghats, India. © Claudia Rutte

To scientists from the universities of Oxford and of Basel started a database project to record Sacred Natural Sites for research and future conservation.

Francis of Assisi, oil painting by Lodovico Cigoli, 1597/9. © Creative Commons License

The historic ‘Call of Creation’ by St Francis of Assisi inspires Catholics today to acknowledge humanity's role as stewards of nature, not its masters.