Afforestation

Investment

Microsoft inks 15-year nature-based carbon removals deal with US-based Chestnut Carbon

The deal is covers the removal of 2.7 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere over 15 years in order to support Microsoft's climate ambitions

21 December 2023 • 3 min read

Biomass

B&Q partners with Woodland Trust for North Yorkshire nature recovery push

New partnership aims to turn a treeless landscape at a site in Snaizeholme in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales into native woodland

06 October 2022 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

Timber, carbon offsets and ESG: Why investors are piling into the UK forestry market

Land and property values for forestry and afforestation have skyrocketed over the past couple of years - could this unlock much needed investment in nature restoration?

14 January 2022 • 9 min read

Biodiversity

From tiny acorns: UK Research and Innovation announces £10.5m boost for sustainable woodland research

New government-backed studies to explore how trees adapt to climate change and how tree-scapes can boost well-being

10 August 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration

Mercado Libre reveals how some of the proceeds from its $400m sustainability bond have been earmarked for restoration projects in the once great Atlantic Forest

19 March 2021 • 4 min read

Offsets

Study: Forestry finance market could soar to $800bn as net zero goals multiply

But supply chain deforestation threatens to undermine vast market potential for nature-based climate solutions, PRI warns

26 October 2020 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

'We don't want to go through this again': Nature protection critical to preventing pandemics, study finds

Combatting deforestation and wildlife trade could avoid costing the planet trillions of dollars in economic disruption, Conservation International estimates

23 July 2020 • 3 min read