“How do you #reforest one of the driest places on Earth? Contrary to what you might think – the answer is not planting #trees. Instead, we’re working with farmers to help existing ‘underground forests’ regrow. Beneath the surface is a network of living tree stumps connected to healthy roots. On the surface they look like bushes, but each one is actually a tree waiting to grow again.”

https://blog.ecosia.org/growing-a-forest-without-planting-trees/

♀️ 📢 Mujeres #indígenas #shuar van al rescate de las huertas en la #Amazonia ecuatoriana.

#Aja en su lengua significa #huerta. Pero esta no es una huerta cualquiera: es una de las 46 ajas shuar que las mujeres de tres comunidades de Pastaza —Nayum Entsa, Chapints y Kawa— han recuperado en 2025, gracias a un proyecto agroecológico impulsado por la Federación de Nacionalidades Shuar (Fenash) de Pastaza y la fundación Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional (NCI).

https://desinformemonos.org/mujeres-indigenas-shuar-van-al-rescate-de-las-huertas-en-la-amazonia-ecuatoriana/

#ecuador #action #women #nature #biodiversity #reforest #plants #trees #indigenous

#Minnesota farmer grows #ClimateAdaptive seedlings as co-op member

Brian Ingmire’s mission to help #reforest northern Minnesota became a lot more important after the June 21 storm that leveled millions of trees in the #Bemidji area.

By Dennis Doeden
September 07, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Excerpt: "Brian is a member of the Farm & Forest Growers Cooperative, a network of small farms and nurseries that grow climate-adaptive tree seeds into seedlings, and then sell the seedlings to reforestation agencies and individuals.

" 'Minnesota has a massive need for tree seedlings,' Ingmire said. 'Something like 10 million trees are needed every year at a minimum. And we have a lot of forest disturbance, whether it’s fires or wind events.'

"Ingmire figures he has about 30,000 tree seedlings on his farm, and about two-thirds of them will be available for purchase this fall. Online orders can be placed at climatesmarttrees.com. He's also been selling seedlings at his Bemidji Natural Choice Farmers Market booth, and says having them there gives him an opportunity to talk about the project.

"New North Farm is one of 24 members of the cooperative. Ingmire is growing several varieties, including #RedOak, #BurrOak, #YellowBirch and #SilverMaple. All are collected from about 200 miles south and then started up north.

" 'I can tell you where their parent tree came from,' Ingmire said. “They should be able to handle the changes in temperature extremes. We’ve got different insect pests and #fungal pests that are putting stressors on trees just because of the temperature extremes. These trees should have the genetic ability to deal with that kind of extreme.'

"The need for #reforestation was certainly exacerbated in the Bemidji area after the June storm. It is estimated that Beltrami County lost nine million trees, and many were also downed in parts of Hubbard and Cass counties.

" 'That number exceeds a lot of the nursery capacity that we have,' Ingmire said."

Read more:
https://www.inforum.com/sports/northland-outdoors/minnesota-farmer-grows-climate-adaptive-seedlings-as-co-op-member

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#ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAdaptation #MoreTrees

I heard about the card game REFOREST, currently on Kickstarter, from the latest episode of the Salt & Sass podcast. After reading the rulebook, I decided to back it.

It's from a Canadian publisher and is about planting tree cards in a pyramid and covering other cards, triggering various effects; it's a light or medium engine-builder game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firestartergames/reforest-old-growth?ref=thanks-copy

#boardGames #Reforest #botany #trees #Canada

Profits from community windfarm to fund a million native trees in Hebrides

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/profits-from-community-windfarm-to-fund-a-million-native-trees-in-hebrides

About 211,000 saplings already planted under plan to reestablish woodland on Western Isles crofts
Some of the new woodlands have up to 1,500 trees grown from local seeds, featuring alder, hazel, birch, rowan, Scots pine, blackthorn, sycamore and various species of willow

#REScoop #community #coop #cooperative #wind #windfarm #reforest #Hebrides #unitedkingdom #trees #forest

#Planting #Pledges: The Race to #Reforest the #Earth : Medium

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Extreme #Heat could trigger the worst global #Financial #Crisis ever seen : New Scientist

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