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These arborists explain how to save your trees from breaking in the next big storm
Aastha Shetty · CBC News · Posted: Aug 11, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: August 11 “A powerful storm in Elora, Ont. recently left a large number of trees bent and broken, bringing down some that were more than 100-years-old. A number of those trees also came dangerously close to falling on nearby homes. Local arborists say there was a way to prevent that — tree maintenance.“Look […]
Ottawa’s pledge to plant two billion trees is proving difficult to execute
MATTHEW MCCLEARNPUBLISHED AUGUST 7, 2022UPDATED AUGUST 12, 2022 “Standing atop an old landfill, Francis Allard is in his element. Mr. Allard is co-founder of Ramo, whose business is planting willows and poplars to help remediate landfills, mines and marginal land. At the Ste-Sophie Landfill north of Montreal, the company is growing willows to treat leachate from areas […]
Are We Doing Tree Planting Right?
The Agenda with Steve Paikin August 11, 2022 “It’s fairly easy to plant a tree when purchasing products or donating to tree-planting programs. But when done poorly, tree-planting can hinder biodiversity and harm the planet. When does tree-planting becoming green-washing? What’s the relationship between land, species, and technology when it comes to global tree-planting?”Click here […]
Farmers Planting Fields of Trees
A farm in Devon, UK is planting one of his fields full of trees as an experiment to see how it benefits the soil and livestock on his farm. Read the full article, here: The Guardian
Argument for Large Trees
There are compelling reasons for planting large stature trees when space permits, instead of small trees. PDF Download: https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/urban_forestry/products/cufr_511_large_tree_argument.pdf
Tree Mortality and Planting Report
This report compares the survival and growth of trees between Detroit, Minneapolis and Philadelphia, and details the cost of planting and loss when trees fail. PDF Download: https://eloraenvironmentcentre.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2019/12/forests-07-00065.pdf
The Global Tree Restoration Potential
Learn more about how the restoration of our forests can help fight climate change. PDF Download: https://eloraenvironmentcentre.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2019/07/Bastin-et-al.2019_The-global-tree-restoration-potential.pdf
A Healthy Dose of Green
Learn more about the benefits trees and forests have on our overall health and well being. PDF Download: https://eloraenvironmentcentre.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2019/07/A-Healthy-Dose-of-Green_Jan_12_12.pdf
