Starbucks has announced that it has donated 100 million coffee trees to farmers, marking a milestone in a programme aimed at strengthening the resilience of global coffee production. The initiative, launched in 2017, focuses on supporting smallholder farmers as climate change alters growing...
The Datai Langkawi will mark the fifth anniversary of its conservation and community programme, The Datai Pledge, with a week-long festival taking place from 13 to 19 April 2026. Set within a 10-million-year-old rainforest on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, the luxury resort will host a...
by Gavin Bruce, CEO, International Animal Rescue In October, at the Blue Earth Summit in London, we screened ‘Batutegi: Seeds of Hope’, a 29-minute film which provides an intimate insight into one of Sumatra’s last remaining intact forests, and the people working to protect it. The Batutegi...
The Australasian Spa Pool Retailer Spa World is celebrating its fifth anniversary of climate action through its partnership with Greenfleet, an environmental not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring native forests in order to capture carbon emissions. Spa World’s support for the scheme...
By Jaakko Pajunen, CEO, Boreal Bioproducts Regulatory targets are tightening. Climate commitments are stacking up. And supply chains, still reeling from global disruptions, are exposing the fragility of systems built around fossil-derived inputs. In the face of this, the industry is working hard...
The difference between conservation and preservation lies in how each philosophy approaches the relationship between humans and the natural world. Conservation promotes the sustainable use of natural resources—such as forests, water, and wildlife—to support human life while maintaining ecological...
In the dense forests of Finland, something quite unconventional is happening – not in the trees themselves, but in what’s left behind. In what many see as waste, Finnish startup Boreal Bioproducts sees potential. The company was founded on a simple but powerful idea: that the overlooked byproducts...
By Anna Roberts The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was originally set to take full effect by the end of 2024. However, less than a month before it was due to be implemented it was delayed until the end of 2025 due to several key factors. The European Commission’s information system was...
Expanding The Woodland Project for Wildlife and People The Woodland Project project will reshape Liverpool’s landscape in Lunt village. The National Trust hired Tilhill Forestry to develop 78 hectares of woodland. This will boost biodiversity and help local communities. The initiative is part of a...
A moor covering almost 2,000 hectares of The Cairngorms National Park is being transformed into an exemplar natural capital project including a new large scale native woodland afforestation scheme, peatland restoration and habitat creation. It will be one of the largest of its kind...