Interview Interview: Alexander Watson of OpenForests' explorer.land 🛰️ Alexander Watson of explorer.land shares his thoughts on tree mapping software and digital storytelling for nature-based solutions.
News - Original Plantation Crops in Kerala: Cash, and Controversy 🌴💸 Can Kerala juggle being the go-to for eco-tourists and investors chasing that plantation gold rush?
News - Original Denmark’s Billion-Tree Bet 🌳 Denmark plans a billion-tree project over two decades, reshaping 10% of its farmland into forests to combat climate change.
Spotlight - Original Open Geospatial Data Slashes Forestry Costs by 60% 🛰️💸 Monocultures still dominate Nordic forestry—67% of seedlings in Finland are Norway spruce.
News - Original Suma and Forus Tree Team Up for Calder Valley Planting🌳 Forus Tree’s fencing-first model offers a potential plastic-free alternative, but whether it can scale remains to be seen.
Tech - Original Open Foris Whisp: A Game-Changer for Forest Monitoring 🌳💻 At its core, Whisp is like a forest detective armed with satellite maps, land-use data, and tree-cover analyses.
News - Original COP29 Drills Down Forest Carbon Rules... in Theory 🌍💸 “This is not abstract bureaucracy,” he insisted. “These markets can drive real emissions reductions.”
News - Original Northwest Forest Plan Embraces Community Engagement 🌲 Don’t just scroll—save the owls and the trees.
Tech The Biggest Forest Carbon Database 🌲🌍 Covering 529 forest sites across eight biomes, it’s a meticulously curated resource for anyone studying carbon fluxes, forest traits, or the effects of climate change.
News - Original NWT $375M Plan: Economy & Environment in Harmony 🌿 This initiative demonstrates that conservation and economic development aren’t at odds—they’re two sides of the same coin.
News - Original Pine Cones Don’t Fly 🌰 Fournier delivered a clear-eyed, action-packed strategy to resuscitate Canada’s forests, which are under siege from wildfire damage at a rate that makes “natural recovery” look laughable.
News - Original Global Forum on the Future of Forest Monitoring 🌍🌳 By uniting expertise from across the globe, the event aims to strengthen the development of robust forest monitoring systems that align with global climate commitments, like the Paris Agreement.