Scotland's native forest remains in only a few fragments, but Trees For Life is working to restore it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last autumn.
… it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last … other sites around the Highlands, my fellow volunteers and I are rolling up our sleeves as …
A Sussex-based forest gardening project has overcome adversity to celebrate its 20th anniversary, writes Jan Goodey. And now it features one of the most eco of eco-builds in Britain, using all local timber, clay, straw ... and wine bottles.
… meeting space and communal area for staff and volunteers - a mix of local residents, the … attention after the fire and loads of new volunteers" , Russell adds. So he harnessed … apprentice Russ Kingston and other regular volunteers since 2012. Some weeks could see as …
England's largest new native forest rises from the wastelands.
… trees there has been planted by some 45,000 volunteers, including more than 17,000 school … religious groups, the public and our very own volunteers." They have also planted new … site. These regular surveys are conducted by volunteers from the Hertfordshire Natural …
As Paris prepares for COP21 in Paris, Marc Brightman finds that the city is in the grip of a benign but ignorant authoritarianism that is ready to trample on much-loved green spaces like the Bois Dormoy, reclaimed from dereliction by the multicultural local community, which represent real solutions to the global problems of food, climate, the future of our cities, and our place in nature.
… for help. Members of the association, and volunteers from humanitarian organisations, … place is filled with life, and if one of the volunteers who look after it opens the gate …
Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling despite protection of their wintering forests in Mexico, and voluntary schemes to restore their food plant, milkweed, in US field margins, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji. These measures alone are insufficient: no less than an end to the mass spraying of glyphosate on crops, predicated by 'Roundup-ready' GM corn and soy, will do.
… and migrate across the continent . Using volunteers to collect data as was done in … areas where herbicides are highly used, with volunteers instead favouring areas where …
The US Forest Service is developing a new armory of aggressive and often illegal tactics to push through loss-making timber sales, as it brands forest defenders as 'eco-terrorists'. Time to dig in for the trees - and the wolves.
… for the entire area, and logging 600 hours of volunteer hours doing so, Bark isolated …
This day 20 years ago one of Britain's most committed and effective environmental campaigners died trying to save a coastal forest in southern Madagascar from mining, writes Yvonne Orengo. The world has been a poorer place without Andrew Lees - and his fears for the Petriky forest and local indigenous communities have been proved all too close to the mark.
… quickly entered the environment movement as a volunteer for FoE in Norfolk, his home. One of …
An ecological project has taken root on an abandoned olive grove outside Ramallah. As well as restoring the land itself, its deeper aim is to nurture the ancient links between the Palestinian people and nature, and rebuild a culture of steadfastness in the soil of their native country.
… Through workshops, lectures, parties, hikes, volunteer days, day camps, and more, we invite … buy Israeli produce. Every Saturday, Juthour volunteers lead guided tours of Thaher al …
Australia's rainforest state, Queensland, is destroying well over 100,000 hectares of native vegetation a year, and rising, write Martine Maron, Bill Laurance & colleagues, including 'at risk' habitats and Koala bear forests. This is more than reversing the entire nation's eco-restoration programs and pushing endangered species ever closer to extinction.
… from land clearing. Tens of thousands of volunteers dedicate their time, money and land …
A government-led shrimp farming project meant to tackle extreme poverty in northern Sabah, Malaysian, won local support in 2010 by promising job opportunities for impoverished indigenous communities. Six years on, mangrove forests local people depend on for food, materials and income are closed off and being cleared - but the jobs have yet to materialise.
… finding out about the project, Olon started volunteering with the G6 movement, the local …
Matt Mellen joined a growing number of Westerners seeking therapy with Ayahuasca, the Amazonian 'miracle medicine' for mind, body and soul. He emerged transformed, a happier version of ... himself.
… experts, skilled staff and squadrons of volunteers who work with him to manifest this …
A project to reintroduce red squirrels to isolated areas of regenerating forest in the Scottish Highlands gets under way this month. This will increase both the numbers and the range of red squirrels in the UK, and help to regenerate their native Caledonian forest habitat.
… Trust for Endangered Species. It involves volunteer opportunities, landowner …
With the deadline due this year for the full implementation of Wilmar's 'No peat, no deforestation, no exploitation' promise, the oil palm giant is keen to push its green image in Europe. But for communities suffering its land grabs in Nigeria, nothing has changed. While Wilmar spins green rhetoric, its bulldozers are still destroying vast swathes of forest and farmland.
… of the Earth Nigeria recently set up a volunteer-run community forest watch …
The key to reducing the risk of more floods like those in Carlisle is to realise that conventional 'flood defence' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring. We must embrace natural solutions to holding back flood waters: more trees; and bring back the beavers!
… and it's hard, expensive work. Helped by volunteer labour, the Park is laying 146 'coir …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
… this is realistic: 'Lots of people will volunteer for things like working parties, but …
In the thick of the Olympic frenzy, one voice that was systematically excluded from mainstream narratives is that of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples, writes Lewis Evans, who have fought to survive through centuries of dehumanisation, theft and genocide. And now they face a fresh attack as a proposed constitutional change, PEC 215, threatens a new round of indigenous land theft.
… Olimpio Guajajara, leader of a small group of volunteers who call themselves the "Guardians" …
While the world gears up for Jungle Book fever, something sinister is afoot in the forests of India, writes Tom Linton. No, not Shere Khan, but zealous officials illegally evicting indigenous communities from their ancestral forests in the name of 'conservation' - and to make way for tiger tourism. And it's happening across India putting millions of people under threat.
… in anthropology and modern languages, he now volunteers for Survival International . …
Peter Bunyard on the battle against malaria, a fallen hero of the Colombian medical establishment and the mysterious fate of thousands of unique primates.
… vitro studies of human cells and from human volunteers. Whether or not Patarroyo ends up …
The ongoing battle between US tree-sitters and North America’s big logging firms pitches some of the world’s most determined activists against some of its most ruthless corporations. It is a battle that the tree-sitters simply must not lose.
… is part of the THP approval process. Other volunteers search the forests for endangered …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… and local communities, many of whom are volunteers. Despite these efforts however, at …