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Which tree did voters root for in European Tree of the Year 2020?

A 350-year-old pine tree took the title of European Tree of the Year 2020, a competition that considers the tree's story as well as its aesthetic

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Serbia will plant 1 billion trees in order to reach net zero target

The founders of an award winning festival want to increase Serbia's forest cover by nearly 50%.

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Russian ice divers put up New Year's tree in Lake Baikal

They are now pining for a new challenge.

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Cities across world finding unique ways to celebrate Christmas

Christmas festivities officially started in Portugal's capital, Lisbon. The season to be jolly is upon us and cities across the world have turned on their festive lights.

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Green News

Is the science driving tree planting trends ‘dangerously misleading’?

Researchers have claimed that the study published in July 'strongly overestimates' the impact of restoring forests.

Living

How gym bunnies are burning calories to replant the rainforest

Fitness app Motosumo has pledged to plant up to 3,000 trees when challengers work out for the Team Trees campaign.

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Opulent €135,000 Christmas tree unveiled in Copenhagen

It's covered in 3,000 crystals.

Living

The art installation teaching us to care for our forests

Lisa Wright and Tom Piper create mile long sculpture trail to commemorate 100 years of safeguarding the trees.

Green News

Veganism could be key to reducing farming's carbon footprint

A new study has identified reduced meat consumption and tree-planting as viable solutions to global warming.

Green News

The group fighting deforestation by building from wood

The saying goes ‘cut your hair to make it grow’. What if the same was true of forests?

USA

Has the tree symbolising the Trump/Macron friendship died?

A tree planted by Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as a symbol of their countries’ ties has died, according to multiple media reports in France.

Chile

Wild puma stuck in tree for 15 hours in Chile

It's unclear how the young cat managed to climb up into the branches but was later tranquilised and brought to the zoo in Santiago, to be released at a later date.

World News

Vote now: Which cities have the best and worst Christmas trees?

Some are modern, some classic, some ugly, and some very ugly — Christmas trees have sprung up in the streets and squares of major cities across the world. But whose is the best?