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This week in forest news 🌍🌲

🧾 Offset integrity under fire
🌳 Edinburgh plants 570K trees
🛰 DIST‑ALERT tracks loss in real time
🔥 Canada warns of drying forests
🧬 Degradation surges in Amazon

#forests #carbonmarkets #reforestation #climateaction #offsets

https://groundtruth.app/offsets-integrity-reviews-and-the-limits-of-tree-claims/

Offsets, Integrity Reviews and the Limits of Tree Claims

Carbon credit critique, satellite monitoring, reforestation science, and mycorrhizal markets—forest data and debate in focus this week.

Ground Truth Forest News | Evidence-Based Forest Progress

This week in forest finance 🌱💰

🍻 BrewDog exits Kinrara
🇲🇾 Malaysia banks go green
🇳🇬 Nigeria bets on forest economy
🇨🇦 Bruce Trail lands $5.5M
🇪🇺 €40M for restoration R&D

#Scotland #reforestation #climatefinance #forests #Nigeria #Malaysia

https://groundtruth.app/brewdogs-exit-malaysias-green-banks-and-nigerias-tree-bet/

BrewDog’s Exit, Malaysia’s Green Banks and Nigeria’s Tree Bet

Restoration meets returns: from Nigeria’s forest economy to EU carbon math and Canada’s grants, this week in global forest finance.

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🌲 10M trees. Open maps. pH-scarred land reborn.

Sudbury’s reforestation shows what transparency can grow. 🌍

#reforestation #opendata #climateaction #Sudbury #ecologicalrestoration

https://groundtruth.app/the-forest-that-proves-it-how-sudbury-reclaimed-a-moonscape/

The Forest That Proves It: How Sudbury Reclaimed a Moonscape

A Canadian city brought new life to a damaged landscape—one tree, one polygon at a time—backed by openly available data.

Ground Truth Forest News | Evidence-Based Forest Progress

This week’s forest news 🌳🧬

🤫 Corporations go quiet on sustainability
🔥 Post-fire reforestation gets nuanced
🤖 AI meets forest MRV
🍄 Netflix bets on fungi
🌱 Reforesting in defiance

#carbonmarkets #reforestation #greenhushing #MRV #forests #AI #fungalcredits

https://groundtruth.app/quiet-planting-ai-forest-tools-and-fungal-carbon-credits/

Quiet Planting, AI Forest Tools and Fungal Carbon Credits

From corporate greenhushing to AI forest tracking, fungal credits and tribal reforestation, this week maps where climate action takes root.

Ground Truth Forest News | Evidence-Based Forest Progress

This week in forest finance 🌱💰

🌍 Ecosia opens fund to planters
🇧🇷 Brazil’s TFFF eyes $125B
🇰🇪 Kenya links trees to GDP
🇪🇺 Nordics push back on LULUCF
🌐 CDOP launches data fix

#forestfinance #carbonmarkets #naturebasedsolutions #REDDplus #climatefinance #forests

https://groundtruth.app/ecosias-call-kenyas-bet-and-the-fight-for-forest-funds/

Ecosia’s Call, Kenya’s Bet and the Fight for Forest Funds

From Mexico’s green cuts to Microsoft’s cement bet and stalled Indigenous funding, this week’s stories trace climate finance fault lines.

Ground Truth Forest News | Evidence-Based Forest Progress

This week in forest news 🌍🛰

📏 Isometric tests forest carbon rules

🔥 BC fires dodge “protected” lands

🌴 Planet opens tropical data

🌲 Mixedwoods defy labels

🌐 CDOP standardizes carbon
#forestnews #carbonmarkets #forestdata #climatefinance #wildfire #MRV #forests

https://groundtruth.app/forest-carbon-standards-isometrics-launch-and-lidar-logic/

Forest Carbon Standards, Isometric’s Launch and LiDAR Logic

From new forest protocols to mapping tools and mixedwood data, this week’s updates reveal how carbon credibility gets built—and tested.

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This week in forest finance 🌲💸

🇬🇧 UK offsets dominate aid

🇧🇷 JREDD+ grows, questions follow

🇧🇩 SIDA funds mangroves

🍏 Apple’s redwood math

🇸🇬 Singapore buys big
#forestfinance #carbonmarkets #REDDplus #biodiversity #climatefinance #naturebasedsolutions #forests

https://groundtruth.app/uk-aid-singapore-buys-and-the-debate-over-forest-offsets/

UK Aid, Singapore Buys and the Debate Over Forest Offsets

From UK offset spending to Singapore’s carbon buying spree, this week’s forest finance news examines what counts as climate action—and what it costs.

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This week in forest news:
🌲 Renoster pivots from rating to removals with Apollo

🛰 ForestScan sets a new biomass benchmark

🌊 Blue carbon gains in the Maldives

📑 Brazil’s Amazon states prep integrity playbook
From Maine to Malaysia, the credibility race is on.
#forestfinance #VCM #biomass #bluecarbon #Brazil #Maldives #forests

https://groundtruth.app/renosters-pivot-forestscans-map-and-tropical-trade-offs/

Renoster’s Pivot, ForestScan’s Map and Tropical Trade-Offs

As Renoster launches Apollo and ForestScan sets new benchmarks, the path to credible carbon unfolds in this week's forest news.

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🌍 This week in forest finance:
🇧🇷 $141B on Brazil’s restoration ledger

🌊 A cost tool for blue carbon investments

🌲 California’s $18B wildfire fund

💸 $250M for U.S. afforestation startup Chestnut Carbon
From pastures to coastlines, capital is moving.
#forestfinance #Brazil #BlueCarbon #California #wildfire #afforestation #carbonmarkets #NetZero

https://groundtruth.app/blue-carbon-tools-brazils-pitch-and-californias-push/

Blue Carbon Tools, Brazil’s Pitch and California’s Push

From Brazil’s pasturelands to California’s wildfire plans, new funding models test how far restoration can go—and who it really serves.

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Weekly forest news:

🌧️ Amazon’s drying trend, 75% tied to deforestation

🌾 Uganda’s agroforests replacing palm oil

📊 U.S. forests: growth, gaps & workforce bottlenecks

Behind the noise, what do the numbers say?

#VCM #Amazon #agroforestry #reforestation #forests

https://groundtruth.app/amazon-drought-kalangala-agroforests-and-carbon-confusion/

Amazon Drought, Kalangala Agroforests and Carbon Confusion

From carbon delays to cultural planting models, today’s forest fixes reveal a deeper tension between what’s counted and what actually counts.

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