Whether the microorganisms routinely inhabit the upper troposphere — perhaps living on carbon compounds also found there — or whether they were simply lofted there from the Earth’s surface isn’t yet known.
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Community love for trees
The UK has 80% of all northern Europe’s ancient trees, with 5,365 in England, 581 in Wales and 646 in Scotland.
Continue readingSome of our favourite quotes
“The world’s forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children’s future.”
Desmond Tutu
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now.”
Chinese Proverb
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations”
Barack Obama, 2013
“One day local employers will queue outside of the Kamfinsa prison, waiting to hire the inmates for the skills they have learned with us.”
Nick O’Connor, WeForest Zambia
The Alps are warming up
The indicators that the Alps are warming up is clear.
Continue readingFungi in boreal forest soils
Vast underground networks of fungi may sequester heaps of carbon in boreal forest soils.
Continue readingCEO Marie-Noelle Keijzer meets Carlos Klink
WeForest CEO Marie-Noelle Keijzer met with Carlos Klink, National Secretary for Climate Change with the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, at the Stockholm Forest Summit on March 6th, 2013.
On February 15, she also met government officials in Recife to discuss reforestation in Pernambuco, Brazil.
World Forest Summit
Don’t miss the World Forest Summit in Stockholm on March 5th & 6th, 2013 – where WeForest CEO Marie-Noëlle Keijzer will be speaking!
Continue readingZambia
WeForest will be planting 228.000 trees in small-scale farming communities in the Luanshya district in Zambia, introducing conservation farming practices and permaculture techniques.
Continue readingLessons from a tree – narrated by Jeremy Irons
CEO Marie Noelle Keijzer thanking Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu
WeForest CEO Marie Noelle Keijzer thanking Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu for his contribution to WeForest on Oct. 17, 2011 in Cape Town.
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