
News and views
Discover the latest stories from our partners and the impact your generous donation is making for people and planet. And read our views on the issues facing our environment and the communities we work with.
Meet the incredible people driving forest restoration
Ahead of International Day of Forests, we’re celebrating the people behind forest restoration projects.
Rewilding in Northamptonshire
Rewilding creates landscapes and ecosystems that are more biodiverse, resilient, and healthy. One of our UK planting projects has helped to do just this.
Boosting gender equality in conservation
Against the backdrop of the climate and ecological crises, rural women are reshaping their role in conservation initiatives as they work to restore and protect native forests.
Transforming lives and landscapes through agroforestry
Discover how agroforestry is transforming the lives of rural communities affected by climate change in central Kenya.
How community forestry builds hope and resilience
Community forestry supports people on the front lines of climate and ecological breakdown to transition towards healthy landscapes and resilient livelihoods.
Combatting climate change through wetland restoration
From peatlands and swamps to mangrove forests and salt marshes, wetlands provide important ecosystem services for people and the planet.
Gender in forest and landscape restoration
We’re supporting rural women in Masaka District, Uganda to become green agents of change.
Building stable and resilient landscapes.
Since 2020, we’ve been planting fruit trees in Western Uganda with our partner, Karambi Group of People with Disabilities through the ‘Karambi Food Forestry Project’.
Planting native trees to restore and protect Dundori Forest.
Since March, we’ve been supporting the local community to source, plant and grow threatened tree species in a bid to restore and protect Dundori Forest, Kenya.
Reforesting Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Together with our partner, the Centre for Research Uptake in Africa, we are engaging the local Batwa community in a vital forest restoration project.
Plant trees and transform lives this Christmas
For one week only, you can double your impact thanks to the Big Give! That’s twice the impact for our planet and the communities we work with.
Restoring the wetlands in Saiwa Swamp National Park
Thanks to your support of our 2021 Christmas Big Give Campaign, we’re planting trees to restore and protect the shrinking wetlands in Saiwa Swamp National Park, Kenya.
My internship with ITF
I can proudly say, I was a part of the oldest and most amazing tree planting organisation in the world.
Collecting acorns
Last week the UK team went out into Oxford to pick some acorns for an exciting little project we have going on.
Community-led land regeneration
Discover how we're supporting smallholder farmers in Western Tanzania to adopt sustainable and cost-effective tree planting techniques that regenerate their for increased self-sufficiency.
Restoring Ghana’s Black Volta Basin ecosystem
Discover how we’ve been planting trees with local communities to restore and protect the riparian forests around the Black Volta Basin in Northwest Ghana.
Building resilience to climate change
An exciting project is well underway in Chipangali, Zambia where we’re planting trees that build resilience against climate change with rural communities and smallholder farmers.
Football and trees: Crewe United’s community woodland
We partnered up with Crewe United to plant trees that restore the local landscape in Glenavy, Northern Ireland.
Restoration of Mount Kenya landscape
Discover how we're engaging local Community Forest Associations (CFAs) across Mount Kenya to plant trees that revitalise this unique and biodiverse landscape and help build resilient futures.
St. Barbe’s Legacy: pioneer forester and global conservationist
Hugh Locke, Co-Founder & President of Smallholder Farmers Alliance, reflects on our founder's legacy.
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