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Iceland is replanting its forests 1,000 years after vikings razed them

Iceland has become a popular tourist destination due in no small part to its breathtaking views and unique geological...

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Inferno rages through North California, killing at least 10 people

For the past several days, 15 ferocious wildfires have been burning across at least 119,032 acres throughout Northern...

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German forester says trees are social beings with friends and personalities

A German forester said in a recent interview that trees are social beings that have friends and their own personality....

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Trees form special bonds with “friends and family”

A new documentary, Intelligent Trees, shows a side of trees that most of us have never seen before. Created by...

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This book about trees can be planted to grow into a tree

Inhabitat has made a habit of highlighting amazing products which integrate the life cycle of a plant into its...

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Pakistan is planting 1 billion trees to revive plundered forests

Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwai government has announced plans to plant 1 billion trees to revive the province's...

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Business of Forestry

When most people think of the products created from the forestry industry, it's usually items such as wooden furniture...

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Weed Wildfire Leaves Hundreds Without Homes, Jobs

What would you do if all your most cherished possessions suddenly went up in smoke? That’s the situation facing...

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INFOGRAPHIC: How America’s Forests can Help to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint

The EPA recently released their proposed greenhouse gas performance standards for existing power plants, but these...

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Canberra’s National Arboretum & Visitor Centre Protects 100 of the World’s Endangered Trees

Planning for the National Arboretum actually began over 100 years ago when Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony...

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China Produces 80 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Per Year, Putting its Forests at Risk

Photo via Shutterstock For those that aren't very deft at handling chopsticks, now there's a good reason to...

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New Wooden RFID Tags Could Reduce Illegal Logging

Trees, like animals, get tagged with radio chips: the chips help timber companies keep track of their product and...

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