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‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/27/the-river-won-how-campaigners-in-brazilian-amazon-stopped-privatisation-of-waterway #Brazil #IndigenousPeoples #AmazonRainforest #Rivers #Deforestation #TreesAndForests #Conservation #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Americas #WorldNews

Drax to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/drax-power-plant-to-stop-burning-controversial-canadian-wood-within-next-year #Drax #EnergyIndustry #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Yorkshire #Energy #Canada #Business #UkNews #Environment

How a Welsh village saved its forest … and its future https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/22/how-a-welsh-village-saved-its-forest-and-its-future #Wales #Conservation #Environment #UkNews #Communities #Society #TreesAndForests #WelshGovernment #WelshPolitics #Politics #LocalGovernment

Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/21/australia-us-minerals-underpinned-decision-to-allow-alcoa-to-keep-clearing-wa-forest-document-reveals #WesternAustralia #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #Environment #AustraliaNews #Mining #Business #Business #ClimateCrisis

Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/deer-shooting-rights-cull-legislation-england-woodlands #Conservation #Wildlife #TreesAndForests #Environment #England #UkNews

US mining company Alcoa hit with ‘unprecedented’ $55m penalty for illegal clearing of WA jarrah forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/us-mining-company-alcoa-penalty-for-clearing-wa-jarrah-forests-bauxite-mining #Environment #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #WesternAustralia #Mining #Birds

‘We are hopeful’: small signs of recovery for Scotland’s rare capercaillie bird https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/13/small-signs-of-recovery-scotland-rare-capercaillie-bird #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Birds #Scotland #TreesAndForests #Conservation #Environment #UkNews

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/climate-fuelled-wildfires-patagonia-argentina-chile-oldest-trees #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #TreesAndForests #Chile #Argentina #Americas #WorldNews #Environment

The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/the-guardian-view-on-risks-from-biodiversity-collapse-warnings-must-be-heeded-before-its-too-late #Biodiversity #Environment #Conservation #TreesAndForests #Labour #Politics #UkNews #EdMiliband #GreenEconomy

Here is a thoroughly depressing article pre-print. It supports my growing unease with the idea that planting more trees, any old trees, is a one-stop shop for sequestering carbon and supporting biodiversity.

Turns out it’s neither, according to these models.

#Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #TreesAndForests #CarbonOffsets https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kl4hnooefcqzweb6gep7bkqk/post/3mdfxzaospk2l

‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/argentina-patagonia-wildfires-javier-milei-mapuche-conspiracy-theories-cuts-climate-crisis-extreme-weather #Argentina #Wildfires #Chile #IndigenousPeoples #Americas #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #GlobalDevelopment #TreesAndForests #ExtremeWeather #Antisemitism #JavierMilei

UK supermarkets push for Amazon soy safeguards after Brazil scraps ban https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/26/uk-supermarkets-push-for-amazon-soy-safeguards-after-brazil-scraps-ban #AmazonRainforest #Deforestation #Environment #Conservation #TreesAndForests #Supermarkets #RetailIndustry #Farming

Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/bunnings-accused-of-greenwashing-timber-amid-concerns-about-suppliers-logging #NewSouthWales #LoggingAndLandclearing #TreesAndForests #AustraliaNews #Environment #AustralianCompetitionAndConsumerCommissionAccc

RHS unveils plans to protect UK gardens from future water shortages https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/24/rhs-unveils-plans-to-protect-uk-gardens-from-future-water-shortages #Water #ClimateCrisis #Gardens #Drought #Plants #TreesAndForests #Environment #England #UkNews

Toby Carvery owner faces eviction from north London site for felling ancient oak https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/toby-carvery-owner-faces-eviction-enfield-north-london-felling-ancient-oak #TreesAndForests #MitchellsButlers #FoodDrinkIndustry #Environment #Business #London #Conservation #LocalGovernment #UkNews

Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/judi-dench-backs-campaign-protect-london-green-spaces-from-developers #AccessToGreenSpace #TreesAndForests #London #JudiDench #Environment #Conservation #UkNews #England

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