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Ethiopian News Agency on MSN8d
South Africa Plans to Plant 10 Million Trees by 2030 under New Initiative
Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, launched the new "One Employee One Tree" ...
Chicago Tribune3d
Photos: South Side’s cherry trees begin to bloom
(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Cherry trees begin to bloom at Jackson Park. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Two people take photos of flowers under a cherry tree on April 14 ...
Bizcommunity25d
Celebrating World Water Day: How private landowners are conserving South Africa’s wetlands
A 2021 survey of South Africa’s forestry landholdings found that more than 300 000 hectares (ha) of natural and semi-natural habitats that are actively managed and maintained within the forestry ...
Mongabay News on MSN6h
Succulents die off with expanding desert in South Africa and Namibia
By Mongabay.com Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern ...
How land-use change affects carbon storage in Africa
There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation ...
Independent Online29d
Growing more than trees: Forestry’s role in food security and livelihoods
Forestry South Africa (FSA) views this day as an opportunity to recognise the interconnection between our sector and the rural communities it supports. Positioned in remote areas across Limpopo ...
Independent Online26d
How private landowners are conserving South Africa’s wetlands
A 2021 survey of South Africa’s forestry landholdings found that more than 300 000 hectares (ha) of natural and semi-natural habitats are actively managed and maintained within the forestry ...
Mongabay News on MSN1d
Diverse forests and forest rewilding offer resilience against climate change
When it comes to reforestation, planting a diversity of tree species could have a plethora of positive effects on forest ...
The New York Times24d
A Journey on the Blue Train: Gilded Luxury in the World’s ‘Most Unequal Country’
On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns. Credit ...
AllAfrica.com12d
West Africa: Children's Tale Takes Root in West Africa's Fight to Regrow Its Forests
A bedtime story written by a journalist for his daughter during lockdown has grown into a reforestation movement reaching 30,000 children in West Africa ... Save Their Forest to teach children ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore22d
In pictures: Devastating scenes as South Korea wildfires rage on
A Korea Forest Service helicopter dumps fire retardant on a wildfire in Sancheong, South Korea on Mar 25, 2025. (Photo: AP/Yonhap/Kim Dong-min) Houses catch fire as a wildfire devastates the area ...
BBC28d
Stoic soldiers and daring drivers: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent ... Christian Velcich / AFP The following day in South Africa, two young boys practice their punches during the Johannesburg ...