World Tree News

spirit bear in its home habitat. © jon rawlinson/creative commons

The Great Bear Rainforest is safe

The Great Bear Rainforest, one of the world’s largest remaining tracts of unspoiled temperate rainforest, has finally found legal protection and park status.

Seljalandfoss waterfall in Iceland. © RomanSlavik/shutterstock.com

Pope calls for caring for the Earth

Pope Francis is calling for radical transformation of politics, economics, and individual mindsets and lifestyles to truly begin caring for the Earth.

ancient yew tree in the Yenice reserve, northern Turkey. © Fred Hageneder

The natural history of yew in Europe

A major study of the genetic evolution of European yew reveals the origins and migration pattern of this unique tree, and its response to regional climate.

portrait of a mountain gorilla, Virunga National Park. © Karel Bartik/shutterstock.com

Protecting Virunga’s mountain gorillas

The uniquely beautiful Virunga National Park famous for it mountain gorillas and its continuing struggle with poaching, civil war, and multinational Big Oil.

logos of the Church in Wales and the AYG in front of the ancient yew tree at Llansoy. Photo © Peter Norton

Protection for the ancient yews of Wales

There is no legal protection for the ancient yew trees of Britain. With the help of the AYG, the Church in Wales is pioneering a change for the better.

clearfelling site in Romania. © Environmental Investigation Agency

Romania’s old-growth forests for furniture

Europe’s last extensive old-growth forests are vanishing fast, due to ‘semi-legal’ logging. For cheap wooden products in shops all over Europe (and the UK).